God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
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.
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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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A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.
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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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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That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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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.
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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 of economic development, it doesn’t work. You have to do it all together.
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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.
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