I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.

She explained that the bullet had entered through the side of my left eye where there was a scar, traveled eighteen inches down to my left shoulder and stopped there. It could have taken out my eye or gone into my brain. It was a miracle I was alive.

One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

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

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a wife. But a girl has the - she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.

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