Aga Khan IV Quotes

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• We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity
• The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
• Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the…
• A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
• None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different,…
• Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
• There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot.…
• There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it…
• We try to avoid the single-building syndrome. You have to look at the big picture. If you try to put social and cultural development ahead…
• The Aga Khan Awards for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms. This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and…
• The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a…
• The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
• If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after…
• Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.
• My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
• You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the…

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