"A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours."

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Source : Address at the Leadership and Diversity Conference Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, www.akdn.org. May 19, 2004.

Aga Khan IV

#Community Quotes #Identity Quotes #Depth Quotes

“I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.”
“Life is made up of danger and heartbreak, I laugh in the face of both!”

Source : William Joyce, Laura Geringer (2011). “Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear.”
“It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it.”
“I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light And I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories”
“How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians for the sake of the security of Greece? For who is not aware that Greece would have constantly stood in the greater danger, had we not been fenced by the Macedonians and the honorable ambition of their kings?”

Source : Polybius, William Roger Paton (1960). “Polybius: the histories”
“Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghanistan or Iraq is suspicious of outsiders and often resistant to change. I am not going to get drawn into the ethics of intervening in other countries. My concern is the practical question. Can you actually achieve change in this way? My guess is we can stop wars sometimes as in the Balkans and topple regimes - but that the other stuff - such as corruption is not within our power to effect and alter.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids”

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