The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
AGA KHAN IVThe Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
AGA KHAN IVWhile the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration.
AGA KHAN IVIt 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.
AGA KHAN IVCanada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
AGA KHAN IVThey are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
AGA KHAN IVPluralist 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 IVThere 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 IVNone of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another.
AGA KHAN IVIf our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
AGA KHAN IVhe 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.
AGA KHAN IVGod has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
AGA KHAN IVNor 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.
AGA KHAN IVThere appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
AGA KHAN IVUnless 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.
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.
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.
AGA KHAN IV