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.

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

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

You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think, this man gave so much freedom to his daughter, he broke all the traditions of our society.

Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honorable. Educate your daughters, they are amazing.

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.

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

I did not clip the wings of my daughter to fly.

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

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

The world turned into a big black hole while my daughter was on the verge of life and death.

Do the words 'human rights' even exist in this country anymore?

I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.

Democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens.

It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not.

You know, it's an interesting think when you consider... The Earth people, who can think, are so frightened by those who cannot: the dead.

It isn't ever the world you fight. Always, always, it's yourself.

A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.

It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

I didn't work on the killing floor. I worked in the section where you break the meat down and package it

A nickel is not worth a penny more.