The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Some of the most memorable moments I've had is to have my family along - who are our greatest ambassadors for peace.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
The people of Pakistan are some of the most hospitable, kinds and generous people I have met anywhere, in the over 70… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
The Koran and Islam is about submission, justice and compassion. All people of the "book" - which means the Torah, Koran and… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
You have to attack the source of your enemy’s strength. In America’s case, that’s not Osama or Saddam or anyone else. The… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
the people who live in the last places - the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
I've actually spent about half of my life overseas in the third world. I grew up in Tanzania, East Africa, and later… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Our greatest ally in the Pakistan region of turmoil is the moderate Muslim majority, who we must reach out to and embrace if we… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“People who live in the last places-the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world- often represent the best of… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won’t change. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education” — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It happens because… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“Abdul brushed the dirt from the American's forehead, where it had been pressed to the cool ground. "Not Pakistan man," he said. "But if… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
If you look at the 9/11 highjackers, certainly they were educated, some even had university degrees, but nobody really checked their mothers, who were… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“Osama, baah!" Bashir roared. "Osama is not a product of Pakistan or Afghanistan. He is a creation of America. Thanks to America, Osama is… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“We shall pursue our dreams “until [we] reach[…] it. Or fail[…] trying. ” — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
. . . hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
