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

Education is power. It is just like a light in complete darkness.

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

People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.

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.

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

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.