Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life...We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly.… — 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
In tribal society, the most important thing to do when civilians are killed in a skirmish is to acknowledge the deaths, and… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I am touched by the fierce desire for education, and the outpouring of hospitality and… — 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
I've had two fatwas issued against me by despot mullahs opposed to education - and important to know that the great majority… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. — 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 Image
“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 Image
If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 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 happens because… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“We shall pursue our dreams “until [we] reach[…] it. Or fail[…] trying. ” — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
