Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.

I don't believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.

I don't think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.