37 Quotes by Aga Khan IV

My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.

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.

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.

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.

A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.

There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.