Baba Amte Quotes

• I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see, I sought my god, but my god eluded me; And then I sought my sisters and my brothers, and in them I found all three.

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  Inspirational, Sister, God

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• The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.

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  Determination, Commitment, Common

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• Happiness dies when not shared

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  Dies

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• Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Creative

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• I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oil can: that is my ideal in life.

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  Men, Oil, Leader

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• I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.

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  Overcoming, Leprosy, Facts

  The Illustrated Weekly of India (May 20, 1984), p. 15; later quoted in Hans Staffner "Baba Amte: A Vision of New India", 2000.

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• Joy is more infectious than leprosy.

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  Joy, Leprosy

  "Baba Amte: A Vision of New India". Book by Hans Staffner (p. 22), 2000.

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• Once you are in the orbit of your destiny, weightlessness is the only result.

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  Destiny, Orbit, Weightlessness

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• Happiness is a continuous creative activity.

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  Happiness, Creative, Activity

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• If you are through with dreams, then progress halts.

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  Dream, Progress, Halt

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• I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown.

  Baba Amte

  Oil, Leader, Want

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