“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai, Address to the United Nations Youth Assembly (12 July 2013)

About Malala Yousafzai

Born 1997

Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2014), who campaigns for every girl's right to schooling.

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

“Education is one of the blessings of life — and one of its necessities.”

“Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

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“You want to be a pebble in the pond that creates a ripple for change.”

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“The world changes when people are willing to imagine something new.”

“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.”