God has opened and continues to open new windows for us to see the marvels of His creation
AGA KHAN IVThe right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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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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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.
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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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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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Canada has an experience of governance of which much of the world stands in dire need.
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In Islamic belief, knowledge is two-fold. There is that revealed through the Holy Prophet (s.a.s.) and that which man discovers by virtue of his own intellect.
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These are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
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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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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope.
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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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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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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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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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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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