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

A good girl is supposed to be very quiet

When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.

On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: When she was very small I used to say to her, 'tell me Malala, how is the school going?' And she'd say 'it is so-so, you should change this and this...' I trusted her wisdom.

When people hear my daughter and when they know about her wisdom and maturity, they think that her father must have been sitting with her and mentoring her. They think he would have spent a lot of time in bringing her up. They think he would have constructed her.

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

When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.