Take the example of my daughter. A lot of people were speaking out about education when the Taliban were bombing schools in Swat Valley, but Malala's voice was like a crescendo. It spread all around the world. She was the smallest but her voice was the biggest, because she was speaking for herself.
Interpretation
Malala Yousafzai made a powerful impact on the education discourse despite her young age and adversity.
In this quote, Ziauddin Yousafzai highlights the extraordinary influence that his daughter, Malala, had on the global conversation about education, especially in the context of the Taliban's violent opposition to schooling for girls. He emphasizes that her courageous and outspoken advocacy, although coming from someone so young, resonated widely and carried immense weight, showcasing the power of an individual's voice in the face of oppression.
In practice
This quote can be used in educational settings to inspire students to use their voices for change.
If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomachache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.
When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.
Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honorable. Educate your daughters, they are amazing.
Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.
When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.
I did not clip the wings of my daughter to fly.
All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.
Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.
There exists one book, which, to my taste, furnishes the happiest treatise of natural education. What then is this marvelous book? Is it Aristotle? Is it Pliny, is it Buffon? No-it is Robinson Crusoe.
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