"In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don't want to obey our fathers, brothers or husbands. But it does not mean that."

"Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human."

"The terrorists thought that they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born."

"In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. In other parts, there are bombs and children begging for textbooks."

"If people were silent, nothing would change."