quotes by Pico Iyer

"It is no coincidence that places of worship are also places of silence."
— Pico Iyer

"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 encourage the wrong kinds of distance, and if the nationalism we see sparking up around the globe arises from too narrow and fixed a sense of loyalty, the internationalism that's coming to birth may reflect too roaming and undefined a sense of belonging. "
— Pico Iyer

"Perhaps the greatest danger of our global community is that the person in LA thinks he knows Cambodia because he's seen The Killing Fields on-screen, and the newcomer from Cambodia thinks he knows LA because he's seen City of Angels on video."
— Pico Iyer

""Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.""
— Pico Iyer