Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.

If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomachache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.

On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: She was very articulate, more than me. She could say things in a very few words that I take a long time to communicate.

Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.

A good girl is supposed to be very quiet

You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think, this man gave so much freedom to his daughter, he broke all the traditions of our society.

Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.