It is the woman who controls the whole house...it's her job, that's what she's supposed to do...We have to change this idea that women are not only supposed to work in the house...but she also has the ability to go outside and do business, to be a doctor, to be a teacher, to be an engineer, she should be allowed to have any job she likes. She should be treated equally, as men are.

Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.

The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.

This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa.