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.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

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.

We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

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.

Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.

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

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

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.

The vixen I met at twilight on Route 5 south of Willoughby: long dead. She was an omen to me, surviving, herding her cubs in the silvery bend of the road in nineteen sixty-five.

It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, thats a victory.

As a lead singer, all I want to do is be in my own head and think about how great I am. That's a lead singer's disease.

I really believe the purpose of Scripture is to give us this authoritative handbook.

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again

If you are not fully, totally, and truly committed to creating wealth, chances are you won't.