That's the great advantage of being a foreigner: you're not paying your dues, but you are getting all the benefits.
Pico IyerI take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do in such circumstances, as well as one of the most rewarding things, is to go and meet the neighbors, find out who they are, and what they think and feel. So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation.
Pico IyerThe Dalai Lama acknowledges that he's met Westerners who to some extent are clearly Easterners at heart, and he would never want them not to become Buddhists just because they happened to be born in California.
Pico IyerWe travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.
Pico Iyer