The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
AGA KHAN IVThere is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one’s own greed.
More Aga Khan IV Quotes
-
-
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 was when we came into it.
AGA KHAN IV -
Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
AGA KHAN IV -
A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
AGA KHAN IV -
Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
AGA KHAN IV -
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.
AGA KHAN IV -
God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
AGA KHAN IV -
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
AGA KHAN IV -
My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
AGA KHAN IV -
Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world’s peoples.
AGA KHAN IV -
Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
AGA KHAN IV -
Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
AGA KHAN IV -
One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.
AGA KHAN IV -
If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
AGA KHAN IV -
These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
AGA KHAN IV -
There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
AGA KHAN IV