We have to change this idea that women are only supposed to work in the house... Women should go out and be what they want

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

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a piece of paper with a pencil to account for the oranges she had sold, as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight.

I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.

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

We are human behind and this part of our human nature that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands. In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, and that time I realized that education is very important, and education is the power for women. And that's why the terrorists are afraid of education. They do not want women to get education because then women will become more powerful.