The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the…

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,…

— Joseph Addison

How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be…

— Molly Ivins

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

— Rebecca Lee Crumpler

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is…

— Sting

I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than…

— David Harsanyi

We are at the point in time and terror where nothing short of a strong uniform policy of domestic disarmament will alleviate the danger…

— Patrick V. Murphy

In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of your own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and…

— Babe Paley

The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get…

— Ted Turner

I think raising wages, investing in infrastructure, making sure that people have access to good educations that equip them for the jobs of the…

— Barack Obama

We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.

— Jimmy Carter

I advise nobody to drown sorrow in cocoa. It is bad for the figure and it does not alleviate the sorrow.

— Winifred Holtby

He wanted to hear her concerns and alleviate them, he wanted to hold her and kiss her and convince her that he would find…

— Nicholas Sparks

As a Christian, part of my obligation is to alleviate suffering. Explicit recognition of that in the Methodist tradition is one reason I'm comfortable…

— Hillary Clinton

If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to alleviate human suffering, I…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds him, his technological, chemical and medical progress,…

— Konrad Lorenz