Education Quotes by Amartya Sen
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Amartya Sen argues that schools shape both personal futures and whole economies. He links education to better jobs, economic growth in places like Thailand, and a shared human identity that transcends borders. He believes basic schooling has a bigger impact than almost anything else.
![“[To organize a school] looks much more difficult in theory than it does in practice.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/amartya-sen-2518_difficult_to-organize-a-school-looks-much-more-dif_2150974.png)
![“Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/amartya-sen-2518_depends_human-life-depends-not-only-on-income-bu_2728027.png)
![“There's absolutely no reason why at the level of basic schooling that there should be any inequity whatsoever. And [that's] the first direction to go, [but] that need not prevent you from doing all the other equalities that you want.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/amartya-sen-2518_education_there-s-absolutely-no-reason-why-at-the_3169801.jpg)
![“Women's education has a much greater impact [on], for example, fertility. Men's education, if our studies are correct, ha[s] almost no impact on fertility. Women's do. So, by the way, as a man, it's not to the glory of men specifically that it's women's education that reduces child mortality.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/amartya-sen-2518_children_women-s-education-has-a-much-greater-imp_1521281.png)
![“Even in areas like the most depressed region of India in terms of female education, namely Rajasthan, which has [one of] the lowest female literacy [rates] in India. Even there, 80 to 90 percent of the parents would like their girls to go to school. And indeed, about 80 percent would like them to…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/amartya-sen-2518_areas_even-in-areas-like-the-most-depressed-re_1551003.jpg)
![“I think East Asian countries, I think they're very fortunate to have Buddhism survive as a strong influence because right from the time when Buddha himself, 2,500 years ago, made the point about the importance of education, and the word "Buddha" also means enlighten[ed] or educated. So all the…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/amartya-sen-2518_asian_i-think-east-asian-countries-i-think-the_2344083.png)
![“There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in high business. Japan is a very good example of that. You might find cases in the United States where at one level women's equality has progressed…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/amartya-sen-2518_american-woman_there-may-be-countries-where-there-s-no_1857588.png)
![“In India, [in] the great documents like [the] Upanishads in eighth century B.C., you find some of the wisest [women] making great, learned speeches and then you worship them, but actually don't do very much about girls' education generally. So I think there has been a kind of dual presence of…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/amartya-sen-2518_able_in-india-in-the-great-documents-like-the_2479950.jpg)
![“After all, the American society has been also based on the premise of expanding education very early. That's been [one] of the main sources of success of the Americans. And there is something that the world can learn from it and also be assisted by the United States along with Europe and the rest…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/amartya-sen-2518_american-public_after-all-the-american-society-has-been_2845497.png)
![“Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all kinds of ways, our lives are transformed by education and security. Even if it had not one iota of effect [on] security, it would still remain in my judgment the…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_education-makes-us-the-human-beings-we-a_3202287.jpg)
![“[The] USA has been immensely successful in making the determination to deal with terrorism [as] a factor in the global world and, similarly, if it took a similar interest in education, it could make a difference.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/amartya-sen-2518_deals_the-usa-has-been-immensely-successful-in_2642045.jpg)
![“In absolutely every way, our lives are transformed by education and basic education in particular. So I would have thought that in any kind of system, to say that the priorities don't include education is a mistake, whether it's [at the] domestic level or at the global level.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/amartya-sen-2518_basic-education_in-absolutely-every-way-our-lives-are-tr_692103.jpg)
![“There's no reason why one need not look at the content of education just as one is expanding the availability of school, because it doesn't cost more money to get them [a] better education. It requires better textbooks, it requires a vision, it requires a determination, but it's not very expensive…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/amartya-sen-2518_availability_there-s-no-reason-why-one-need-not-look_875032.png)
