Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for…

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