“No religion is higher than humanity”

Beware of those who attribute petty instructions to God.

It is my principle never to accept any donations from any government or any foreign funded organisation.

I want to create awareness amongst the common people of Pakistan and I generally appeal to the Pakistani people living here and abroad for help and they provide me with the necessary resources.

It is because of my principle that people continue to give.

My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.

I do this work for the common people and part of that work is creating a general awareness of such problems as they exist because my work is beyond class, religion and creed.

People have become educated, but have not become human.

One time there was a student at Punjab University in Lahore who came down with cancer and his friend came to me for help. I stood outside on the street in Lahore and asked the people in that city for help. Within four or five hours, I received more than 40 million rupees [more than US $670,000].

People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence.

The common people don’t believe this kind of religion [of islamic fundamentalists] because first and foremost they want to solve their basic problems, including human rights and economic.

You have to care for all beings created by God…My mission is to help any person in need.

The basic problem affecting the Pakistan today is human rights. Islamic fundamentalists have no roots among the common people and while they are pushing hard for religious fundamentalists to take hold, the common people still seek change through humanitarian and common human rights law.

The attitude of the Pakistani people is very good. Whenever I release any statement or deliver any kind of speech, they respond favourably.

I believe in nature and humanity and am here to serve the common people of Pakistan. There is a great deal of suffering in this country and I’m here to help.

I’m most proud of the ambulance service. This is emergency work. Many times Edhi ambulances are the first to arrive and save people’s lives. I’m very proud of this.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end…liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition…

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.

Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.

Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.

Unfortunately, President Obama’s failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts those who are trying to make it.

Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why.