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

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.

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.

A good girl is supposed to be very quiet

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

She became a very famous, very popular young girl. Before that, she was my daughter, but now I'm her father.