Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

"He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan’s problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."

"Let us pick up our books and our pens,” I said. “They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."

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

"Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons."Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education and survived, in her keynote speech to the United Nations, 12th July 2013."

"Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither eastern or western, it is human"

"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."

"Let us pick up our books and our pens,” I said. “They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."

"As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a scrap of paper with a nail to account for the oranges she had sold as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight."

"I spoke of the irony of the Taliban wanting female teachers and doctors for women yet not letting girls go to school to qualify for these jobs"