I have long believed that there are fundamentally two forces or emotions that drive our decisions - love and fear. Love has its many manifestations: compassion, gratitude, kindness, and joy. Fear often manifests in cynicism, anger, jealousy, and anxiety. I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we can not only change a life or save a life, but we can also make it possible for other people to speak up. If we harness the collective power of people's voices around America to address… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
