There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color or religion.

I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

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

I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.

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 thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.