My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My…

I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need a re-examination of our…

— William J. Clinton

In writing the book I wanted to make it very clear that I feel prostitution should be decriminalized. But some people might have breezed…

— Craig Seymour

Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for sexual behavior…

— Cleve Jones

Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism. In four…

— Timothy Leary

Had drugs been decriminalized, crack would never have been invented and there would today be fewer addicts... The ghettos would not be drug-and-crime-infested no-man's…

— Milton Friedman

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the…

— Jack Kevorkian

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and…

— Jack Kevorkian

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

— Jack Kevorkian

“In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients’ “ease” but at the same time they do…

— Jack Kevorkian

Suffering brings pain. In pain we become stronger as we become numb. In the end suffering becomes normal

— Frank Matobo

“Enlightenment is not only the end of suffering and of continuous conflict within and without, but also the end of the dreadful enslavement to…

— Eckhart Tolle

We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.

— Ajahn Chah

Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.

— Terry Tempest Williams

“Control the senses, practice equanimity. Live by disciplinary rules. Associate with good friends who are not lazy and live purely. Be courteous and well-mannered,…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

The relentless attempts to be thin take you further and further away from what could actually end your suffering: getting back in touch with…

— Geneen Roth