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.
AGA KHAN IVWe cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
More Aga Khan IV Quotes
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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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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.
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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 Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.
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They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God’s creation.
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Innumerable 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.
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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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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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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 Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms.
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