“I am upset I am very much disappointed when I see within myself a wrong image of myself…. A man can live without fingers, but he cannot live without self-respect…. That is why I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others is a byproduct. But the fact is I did it to overcome fear.”

— Baba Amte

On his motivation to treat leprosy patients, Page=9
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Indian freedom fighter, social worker 1914–2008

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