My dream is to empower myself with education, and then it is a weapon.

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

It gives a message to people of love... it does not matter what's the colour of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion do you believe in. It is that we should all consider each other as human beings and we should respect each other.

Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.

If he [the Talib] comes, what would you do Malalala? If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there will be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat otherswith cruelty...you must fight others but through peace, through dialogue and through educationthen I'll tell him [the Talib] how important education is and that I even want education for your children as well that's what I want to tell you, now do what you want.

We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.