Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.

We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

At times, look back towards your ancient days, drink deep from the eternal fountain of wisdom long gone, and then look ahead.

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.

Instead of bringing it back and putting the money to work, because they can't work out a deal to - and everybody agrees it should be brought back.

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.

I have to drink a lot of fluids, try not to dehydrate, and keep stretching.

Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned.

With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.

My desire is to be anonymous, isolated, quiet, peaceful, and concentrated.

Second, this law has become a special symbol of our Nation's most important purpose: to fulfill the individual - his freedom, his happiness, his promise.