Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith.

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at this moment.

All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.

I think America the symbol and America the notion are still very different from America the nation. What's touching and almost regenerative is that whatever is happening in the reality of America, where there is a murder rate worse than Lebanon's and where there is so much homelessness and poverty, still America will be a shorthand throughout the world for everything that is young and modern and free.

I often think we're most happy when we forget the time.

Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice

Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.