130 Quotes by Amartya Sen

[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.

Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one country after another, like Somalia and Ethiopia, or in one-party states like the Soviet Union and China.

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.

You have to be interested in inequality. The issue of inequality and that of poverty are not separable.

There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong.

Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.

Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.