My dream is to see every girl educated, in every country.

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.

In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.

Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.

If people volunteered in the same way to construct schools or roads or even clear the river of plastic wrappers, by God, Pakistan would become a paradise within a year.

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

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.