Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

Zindagi migzara (life goes on)

It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.

Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride price and child marriage, and to enforce women to be involved in school. Every time, the reaction from the traditionalists was one of contempt and scorn and at times outright rebellion. I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.