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

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.

If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.

My father used to say the people of Swat and the teachers would continue to educate our children until the last room, the last teacher and the last student was alive. My parents never once suggested I should withdraw from school, ever. Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced

Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favor of peace and prosperity. We call upon the world leaders that all of these deals must protect women and children’s rights. A deal that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.