Living here in California, I think one of the scariest things about California is the fact that it is rewriting its script and changing constantly an….

You can see exile as loss, and then it will be a loss for you. You can treat it as opportunity and then all kinds of benefits accrue..

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention..

I 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 ….

In the past, Ive visited remote places - North Korea, Ethiopia, Easter Island - partly as a way to visit remote states of mind: remote parts of mysel….

Yes, we know more than ever before, and it's a wonder that we get to inhabit a world full of driverless cars and 3D printers. But that doesn't mean t….

A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement can….

One of the interesting things about Los Angeles is that it's still supplying the whole of the world with its dreams through movies and songs and TV -….

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could, and still things get wo….

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make….

There's so much visible stuff around now, we're tempted to forget that it's usually the invisible that matters most..

So travel for me is an act of discovery and of responsibility as well a grand adventure and a constant liberation..

Most of us who have been lucky enough to hear, read and see the Dalai Lama, often come away thinking, "What a kind, inspiring and golden human being!….

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at the moment. Tolera….

I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated..

I think China's view of freedom has to do with material wealth and modernity, and the Dalai's Lama view of freedom is liberation in the Buddhist sens….

I like California because it still has the glamour and romanticism and exoticism of a very foreign place. It was the place that when I was young, I w….

I think Dalai Lama efforts have been heroic..

Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It's act….

The ultimate purpose of Zen,' I remembered the roshi telling me, 'is not in the going away from the world but in the coming back. Zen is not just a m….

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