Speeches
![Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the opening ceremony of the Ismaili Centre Toronto and Aga Khan Museum. Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the opening ceremony of the Ismaili Centre Toronto and Aga Khan Museum.](https://the.ismaili/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/1_2014-09-canada0619.jpg?itok=HZLq9_u5)
![Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the North-South Prize Ceremony in the Senate Hall of the Portuguese Parliament as His Excellency Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the President of Portugal and President of the Assembly of the Republic, Maria Assunção Esteves look on. Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the North-South Prize Ceremony in the Senate Hall of the Portuguese Parliament as His Excellency Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the President of Portugal and President of the Assembly of the Republic, Maria Assunção Esteves look on.](https://the.ismaili/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/1_2014-portugal-50625.jpg?itok=F-Oa9sTm)
“At the very time that we talk more and more about global convergence, we also seem to experience more and more social divergence. The lesson it seems to me is that technologies alone will not save us-- the critical variable will always be and will always lie in the disposition of human hearts and minds.”
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“More information at our fingertips can mean more knowledge and understanding. But it can also mean more fleeting attention-spans, more impulsive judgments, and more dependence on superficial snapshots of events. Communicating more often and more easily can bring people closer together, but it can also tempt us to live more of our lives inside smaller information bubbles, in more intense but often more isolated groupings.”
![Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers a historic address to a joint session of the Parliament of Canada on 27 February 2014, at the invitation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers a historic address to a joint session of the Parliament of Canada on 27 February 2014, at the invitation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.](https://the.ismaili/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/1_2014-02-canada02.jpg?itok=cwUTDOXt)
![Mawlana Hazar Imam, recipient of the 2013 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal, addresses the audience gathered at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa, upon receiving the honour. Mawlana Hazar Imam, recipient of the 2013 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal, addresses the audience gathered at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa, upon receiving the honour.](https://the.ismaili/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/1_2013-11-canada-02_0.jpg?itok=EWClmJWV)
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Mawlana Hazar Imam delivered a speech on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony for the restoration of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
![Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad. Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad.](https://the.ismaili/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/1_2013-09-india18.jpg?itok=zkprklio&c=a9a6e10e568d144fb6032a04d1c8f129)
“Our purpose, as you know, is to educate the most talented young minds from many countries, for a global future.”