6 Quotes by Ziauddin Yousafzai

I began to see that he was flawed. We are all flawed, but it is a powerful moment when you realize that about your parents. Still, I loved him no less for it. I know I have flaws, and my children are free to realize this and make their own corrections.

Man proposes, God disposes.

In Pakistan I occasionally came across families who kept a bird in their courtyard. Somebody, no doubt a father or a brother, would have taken some scissors to its prrimary feathers and clipped them so short so that flight was no longer possible. When I say "I did not clip her wings" in relation to Malala, what I mean is that when she was small, I broke the scissors used by society to clip girl's wings

Se si vuole risolvere una disputa o uscire da un conflitto, la primissima cosa da fare è dire la verità. Perché se hai mal di testa e al medico dici di avere mal di stomaco, come potrà aiutarti? Bisogna sempre dire la verità. Perché la verità elimina la paura.

We must live a full life, if only in our hearts.

When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.