Vivek Murthy

I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak…

— Vivek Murthy

We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter.

— Vivek Murthy

When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across…

— Vivek Murthy

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…

— Vivek Murthy

Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health.

— Vivek Murthy

I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer.…

— Vivek Murthy

I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control.

— Vivek Murthy

We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with…

— Vivek Murthy

Gun violence is a problem that this country should be addressing.

— Vivek Murthy

You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel…

— Vivek Murthy

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

Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone…

— Vivek Murthy

Addiction is a chronic disease of the brain and it's one that we have to treat the way we would any other…

— Vivek Murthy

A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does.

— Vivek Murthy

I firmly believe that everybody in America needs a safe place to walk or to wheelchair roll.

— Vivek Murthy

The amount of time it takes to recover from the coronavirus differs widely. Some people will get the virus and have no…

— Vivek Murthy

While loneliness has the potential to kill, connection has even more potential to heal.

— Vivek Murthy

Not all social interaction is uplifting.

— Vivek Murthy

My journey to working on loneliness was certainly not an expected one or planned one.

— Vivek Murthy

I want to work with faith-based leaders to address the negative attitudes that are still too often associated with mental illness, attitudes…

— Vivek Murthy

Unlike many other illnesses, what I find profoundly empowering about addressing loneliness is that the ultimate solution to loneliness lies in each…

— Vivek Murthy

Emotions are a source of power, and that's what science tells us. But many people I encounter have been led to think…

— Vivek Murthy

Without strong communities, we cannot pull together during times of hardship. Our diversity turns from a source of strength to a source…

— Vivek Murthy

I have to be careful when I'm around sweets.

— Vivek Murthy

If you're very introverted, you prefer to spend much of your time alone, and when you do connect, you'd rather get together…

— Vivek Murthy