Baba Amte: Quotes about people

Baba Amte was Indian freedom fighter, social worker. Explore interesting quotes on people.

Baba Amte: 68 quotes2 likes

“…richness of heart of the poor people [and to despise] the poverty of heart of the rich.”

Baba Amte: A Vision of New India

“That microscopic look at village life taught me to hear the heart-beat of reality. To me the common man’s society is a maskless society. He does not carry that thick mask which the professional people, the upper classes, wear so that they might look nice and beautiful. Very often they do not dare to say what they really think and feel.”

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Baba Amte: A Vision of New India

“I believe as a society we have to evolve, through experimentation, a system which combines the principles of individual freedom and common ownership. And this is what we have tried, basically with success, in all our projects, involving leprosy patients, tribal people and the so-called 'disabled' persons.”

On Community living
Baba Amte's Words of Wisdom

“Every once in a blue moon, is born a person, who has the clarity of vision, and the greatness of deed, to make us all recognize the dizzying heights the human spirit can really achieveŠBaba Amte is one of those people.”

By Neesha Mirchandani
Baba Amte's Words of Wisdom