Top 11 Quotes by Baba Amte

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.

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.

Baba Amte

Inspirational, Sister, God

The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.

Baba Amte

Determination, Commitment, Common

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

Baba Amte

Gratitude, Grateful, Creative

Happiness dies when not shared

Baba Amte

Dies

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.

Baba Amte

Men, Oil, Leader

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.

Baba Amte

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.