If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty. You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education.

There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves.

We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

I am stronger than fear.

They will not stop me, I will get my education, if it is in home, school or any place

I have a new dream I must be a politician to save this country. There are so many crises in our country. I want to remove these crises.

We realize the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way when we were in Swat, we realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns.