In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on the side o…

- Greg Mortenson

If you really want to change a culture... empower women.

- Greg Mortenson

I'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched 114 Tomahawk cruise missiles i…

- Greg Mortenson

The Koran and Islam is about submission, justice and compassion. All people of the "book" - which means the Torah, Koran and Bible are accorded equal…

- Greg Mortenson

If you really want to change a culture to empower women improve basic hygiene and health care and fight high rates of infant mortality the answer is …

- Greg Mortenson

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

- Greg Mortenson

...education is a sacred thing, and the pledge to build a school is a commitment that cannot be surrendered or broken, regardless of how long it may …

- Greg Mortenson

When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done.

- Greg Mortenson

There is still a desperate need for investment and promotion of education in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. Official figures put Pakistan literacy r…

- Greg Mortenson