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

We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.

I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is absolutely in our power, and when we do, we will realize a whole new world of possibility.

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.