“We realise the importance of light when we see darkness.”

— Malala Yousafzai, United Nations speech (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.

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

“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.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”