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

Pakistan is a peace loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood.

I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.

I don't want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn't exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it. That's why I have problems with our Pashtunwali code. We are supposed to take revenge for wrongs done to us, but where does that end? If a man in one family is killed or hurt by another man, revenge must be exacted to restore nang (honor).

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.