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

"My voice is for those who cannot speak."

"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."

"If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?"

"We cannot continue to fail them [Afghan sisters]."