Kailash Satyarthi

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.

Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.