Malala Yousafzai

His sisters -- my aunts -- did not go to school at all, just like millions of girls in my country. Education had been a great gift for him. 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. He believed schooling should be available for all, rich and poor, boys and girls. The school that my father dreamed of would have desks and a library, computers, bright posters on the walls and, most important, washrooms.

We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colours and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us, and two ears to hear the words of love. As I found with my ear, no one knows how much power they have in their each and every organ until they lose one.

I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid _ if you are afraid, you can't move forward.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.

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

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

Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.

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.

We were learning to struggle. And we were learning how powerful we are when we speak.

I love my God. I thank my Allah. I talk to him all day. He is the greatest. By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities. Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country _ this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish.

THough we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.

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

I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.

I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

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