Malala Yousafzai — "It is not a matter of East or West, it is a matter of humanity."

"Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."

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

"The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they could not stop our minds from thinking."

"We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies."

"We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back."