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 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.
More Aga Khan IV Quotes
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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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While 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.
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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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Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples’ cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.
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There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.
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The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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