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Today we’ll discuss Indian Economist and Philosopher Amartya Sen and his 37 best motivational Amartya Sen Quotes to keep you inspires every day.

Indian economist, writer, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner and gifted with one of the brightest mind Amartya Sen is a name that needs no introduction. The command he has over words can never be compared. His simple words can easily explain difficult issues or the government’s work to the simplest minds.

He was born on 3rd November 1933 at Santiniketan and was named by Indian legend Rabindranath Tagore. His father Ashutosh Sen was a chemistry professor at Dhaka University and his Amita Sen was the daughter of Kshiti Mohan Sen.His family was highly educated and influenced his education and growth.

He obtained a BA in economics from Presidency College and then due to Oral Cancer treatment moved to Cambridge. He obtained a second degree in economics from Trinity College, Cambridge. After that, he further obtained M.A. and P.hd in Economics.

He taught economics in many colleges in India and overseas. In 1956 he was made the head of the department of economics at Jadavpur University, Calcutta where he holds the honor of being the youngest chairman to date.

He further increased his horizon after studying philosophy at Trinity College. He got a P.hd in Philosophy and teaches in both economics and philosophy.

To highlight the issues relevant to justice and equality he wrote his first book “Collective Choices and Social Welfare”. His other noted works include “More than 100 Women are missing” a series of essays in which he has successfully highlighted the issue related to gender inequality.

He was bestowed with a Nobel Prize lecture for his wonderful work “The possibility of Social Choice“.

He is credited for devising many successful methods that can help to measure poverty which further helped in improving the economic condition of the poor class. As Sen had spent his childhood days in Bengal he had witnessed the Bengal Famine in 1943 which had deep roots and impact on his mind.

Based on this topic he wrote the book “Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation ” in (1981). In his book, he showed various cases of famines that food supplies were always in abundance but other factors like fewer wages, unemployment, high food prices led to famine in certain areas.

His most significant and noted work which won him Nobel Prize was “Development as Freedom”. He even won the highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratan’ for his contribution to society. His works have highly influenced the Government in the world facing a food crisis.

37 Motivational Amartya Sen Quotes

“Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable – and unethical.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

“If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy… It can be argued that behaviour based on sympathy is in an important sense egoistic, for one is oneself pleased at others’ pleasure and pained at others’ pain, and the pursuit of one’s own utility may thus be helped by sympathetic action.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“I think that so many of our abilities to do things depend on interaction with each other.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“The identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver – the teachers, the parents, the friends.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

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“The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

“Education can really transform the insecurities in the world into a bigger vision of what we are as human beings.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one’s full potential as a human being.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Education makes human beings more articulate. It transforms people. You can think differently about the world. It makes it possible for you to get jobs. It makes a dramatic difference. It generates a social equity that we need.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

“Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“A society can be Pareto optimal and still perfectly disgusting.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“We must go on fighting for basic education for all, but also emphasize the importance of the content of education. We have to make sure that sectarian schooling does not convert education into a prison, rather than being a passport to the wide world.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“The identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Being able to read, write, do your sums really transforms a human being.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

“Economics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical considerations that shape human behaviour and judgment.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“You have to be interested in inequality. The issue of inequality and that of poverty are not separable.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

“If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Poverty is not really as much of an obstacle to educational expansion as it’s sometimes made out to be.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“I think education has a bigger impact on the lives of people than absolutely anything else.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

Amartya Sen’s Some Famous Quotes about Women

“No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“There is considerable evidence that women’s education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“Empowering women is key to building a future we want.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“Gender inequality is not one problem, it’s a collection of problems.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country – no matter how poor.” ― Top Amartya Sen Quotes

“China had managed to reduce their fertility to a large extent because of basic expansion of women’s education, not because of the one-child family.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

“There are few subjects that match the social significance of women’s education in the contemporary world.” ― Amartya Sen Quotes

“Anything that increases the voice of young women tends therefore to reduce the fertility rate.” ― Quotes of Amartya Sen

Few Last Words of Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen is an intellectual whose words and quotes can brighten your mind. His ideas and outlook toward social work as guidance for Governments around the world in times of crisis.

His quotes make us easily understand the various social issues like Gender Inequality, Famines, AIDS, and Indian History and Culture.

Share these quotes with your friends and family to have a look at the great philosophers’ thoughts and brighten up your mind.

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