There 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.
AGA KHAN IVInnumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.
More Aga Khan IV Quotes
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It is a world of increasing dissension and conflict in which a significant contribution is the failure of different ethnic, tribal, religious, or social groups to search for, and agree upon, a common space for harmonious co-existence.
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None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another.
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The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.
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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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 multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples.
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Nor do these two involve any contradiction, provided man remembers that his own mind is itself the creation of God. Without this humility, no balance is possible. With it, there are no barriers.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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he two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.
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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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Indeed, one strength of Islam has always lain in its belief that creation is not static but continuous, that through scientific and other endeavours.
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