--- title: "15 Kind Quotes By Amartya Sen" description: "15 Kind quotes by Amartya Sen. Plus more from Amartya Sen and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/amartya-sen-2518_attention_i-really-do-believe-that-education-despi_2569013.png" --- > [I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-really-do-believe-that-education-despite-this-massive-potential-in/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/amartya-sen-2518_attention_i-really-do-believe-that-education-despi_2569013.png) > [In all kinds of ways there are different freedoms that effect our lives and you can assess what our lives are like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/in-all-kinds-of-ways-there-are-different-freedoms-that-effect-our/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_in-all-kinds-of-ways-there-are-different_2473805.png) > [I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-believe-that-virtually-all-the-problems-in-the-world-come-from/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/amartya-sen-2518_believe_i-believe-that-virtually-all-the-problem_2042351.png) > [There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/there-are-muslims-of-all-kinds-the-idea-of-closing-them-into-a-single/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_there-are-muslims-of-all-kinds-the-idea_2109959.jpg) > [It seems to me to be kind of inescapable that one has to be interested in the issue of gender and gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/it-seems-to-me-to-be-kind-of-inescapable-that-one-has-to-be/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/amartya-sen-2518_be-kind_it-seems-to-me-to-be-kind-of-inescapable_1754867.png) > [Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/education-makes-us-the-human-beings-we-are-it-has-major-impacts-on/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_education-makes-us-the-human-beings-we-a_3202287.jpg) > [In absolutely every way, our lives are transformed by education and basic education in particular. So I would have thought that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/in-absolutely-every-way-our-lives-are-transformed-by-education-and/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/amartya-sen-2518_basic-education_in-absolutely-every-way-our-lives-are-tr_692103.jpg) > [I think gender inequality is a problem that goes back a long, long time. In human society, as a whole, women have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-think-gender-inequality-is-a-problem-that-goes-back-a-long-long/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/amartya-sen-2518_feminism_i-think-gender-inequality-is-a-problem-t_2369490.png) > [I think just as armament had a major impact of a negative kind in the world, education is something which has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-think-just-as-armament-had-a-major-impact-of-a-negative-kind-in-the/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/amartya-sen-2518_armament_i-think-just-as-armament-had-a-major-imp_1941640.png) > [ In India, \[in\] the great documents like \[the\] Upanishads in eighth century B.C., you find some of the wisest \[women\] making great,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/in-india-in-the-great-documents-like-the-upanishads-in-eighth-century/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/amartya-sen-2518_able_in-india-in-the-great-documents-like-the_2479950.jpg) > [Women had always been thought of as looking after the family when men go and earn an income and they're the bread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/women-had-always-been-thought-of-as-looking-after-the-family-when-men/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/amartya-sen-2518_another-woman_women-had-always-been-thought-of-as-look_605962.png) > [When I was giving a lecture in India, the capabilities that I have to be concerned with there, namely the ability of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/when-i-was-giving-a-lecture-in-india-the-capabilities-that-i-have-to/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/amartya-sen-2518_ability_when-i-was-giving-a-lecture-in-india-the_2819287.jpg) > [The identity of just one thing, the "clash of civilization" view that you're a Muslim or a Hindu or a Buddhist or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/the-identity-of-just-one-thing-the-clash-of-civilization-view-that/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_the-identity-of-just-one-thing-the-clash_2429543.png) > [One of the things that any kind of studies bring out is that the mere act of schooling - getting together, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/one-of-the-things-that-any-kind-of-studies-bring-out-is-that-the-mere/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/amartya-sen-2518_backgrounds_one-of-the-things-that-any-kind-of-studi_1611082.jpg) > [ There may be countries \[where\] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but \[where there is\] gender inequality in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/there-may-be-countries-where-there-s-no-gender-inequality-in/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/amartya-sen-2518_american-woman_there-may-be-countries-where-there-s-no_1857588.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Amartya Sen > [Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/capability-is-just-a-concept-of-what-is-it-we-re-looking-at-now-how/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/human-life-consists-of-doing-certain-things-to-take-part-in-the-life/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/where-the-mind-is-without-fear-and-the-head-is-held-high-where/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/violence-is-fomented-by-the-imposition-of-singular-and-belligerent/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [I think the whole progress over the last two or three millennia has been entirely dependent on ideas and techniques and commodities and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-think-the-whole-progress-over-the-last-two-or-three-millennia-has/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/no-famine-has-ever-taken-place-in-the-history-of-the-world-in-a/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/to-say-that-certainly-america-was-very-lucky-to-get-a-large-amount-of/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/the-lack-of-economic-freedom-could-be-a-very-major-reason-for-loss-of/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [We need to ask the moral questions: Do I have a right to be rich? And do I have a right to be content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/we-need-to-ask-the-moral-questions-do-i-have-a-right-to-be-rich-and/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [“He wrote extensively on how schools should be made more attractive to boys and girls and thus more productive. His own co-educational school at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/he-wrote-extensively-on-how-schools-should-be-made-more-attractive-to/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [One has to be realistic. One’s concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/one-has-to-be-realistic-one-s-concern-for-equity-and-justice-in-the/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/while-i-am-interested-both-in-economics-and-in-philosophy-the-union/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-was-born-in-a-university-campus-and-seem-to-have-lived-all-my-life/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [If jobs are important, education is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-jobs-are-important-education-is-important/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) > [Thailand's economic development was driven by educational expansion. That has been a very dramatic factor, and South Asia had been pretty miserable in not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/thailand-s-economic-development-was-driven-by-educational-expansion/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/amartya-sen/#itemlist", "name": "15 Kind Quotes By Amartya Sen", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people should have given to it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amartya Sen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-really-do-believe-that-education-despite-this-massive-potential-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/amartya-sen-2518_attention_i-really-do-believe-that-education-despi_2569013.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/amartya-sen-2518_attention_i-really-do-believe-that-education-despi_2569013.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/amartya-sen-2518_attention_i-really-do-believe-that-education-despi_2569013.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not…” — Amartya Sen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In all kinds of ways there are different freedoms that effect our lives and you can assess what our lives are like by looking at the various freedoms that we have.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amartya Sen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/in-all-kinds-of-ways-there-are-different-freedoms-that-effect-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_in-all-kinds-of-ways-there-are-different_2473805.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_in-all-kinds-of-ways-there-are-different_2473805.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/amartya-sen-2518_all-kinds_in-all-kinds-of-ways-there-are-different_2473805.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In all kinds of ways there are different freedoms that effect our lives and you can assess what our lives…” — Amartya Sen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amartya Sen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-believe-that-virtually-all-the-problems-in-the-world-come-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/amartya-sen-2518_believe_i-believe-that-virtually-all-the-problem_2042351.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/amartya-sen-2518_believe_i-believe-that-virtually-all-the-problem_2042351.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/amartya-sen-2518_believe_i-believe-that-virtually-all-the-problem_2042351.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.” — Amartya Sen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are Muslims of all kinds. 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