It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.

My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.

Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world and change who runs it.

I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is absolutely in our power, and when we do, we will realize a whole new world of possibility.

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

The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.

Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is a very beautiful letter, full of good advice. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside, it says. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.