Greg Mortenson Quotes
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And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains
Isn't it better to live in ignorance of everything
asphalt and macadam, vehicles, telephones, televisions
to live in bliss without knowing it?
asphalt and macadam, vehicles, telephones, televisions
to live in bliss without knowing it?
What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili.
I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education
You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won't change.
Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.
I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.
I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top.