"My mission is to love human beings. ... Each day is the best day of my life."

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“History of Edhi Foundation”

“Whereas the entire meaning of the Quran must easily be interpreted by the lives of Muslims, Islam's followers abandoned its essence.”

“People have become educated but have yet to become human.”

“To me serving "Mazloom" is just like praying and all human beings are equal and they all deserve equal treatment, respect, care and love.”

“I am a beggar for the poor. Serving humanity is the biggest Jihad.”

“I always say, be human and preach humanity. I started my humanitarian service by strictly observing four principles: truth, simplicity, hard-work and punctuality, and I repeat, be human, preach humanity and adopt humanity.”

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"Here was a man who could not spell, and did not care to read — who had the habits and the cunning of a boor: whose aim in life was pettifogging: who never had a taste, or emotion, or enjoyment, but wa…"

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Art1811–1863

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"One who fails to observe mental and physical phenomena every time they arise cannot see them as merely mental and physical phenomena. Furthermore, one does not realize their causality, impermanence, u…"

— Mahasi Sayadaw

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"A wedding. According to Chris, they didn't die on the boat. They got washed up on a shore in a jungle island. The queen gave birth to a baby boy. They build a treehouse. They get eaten by a leopard..."

— Chris Buck

Art1960

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