Quote by Stanley McChrystal

“The effort to cure disease has been, without doubt, the greatest curse that has ever been perpetrated upon the human race. The idea that…

— Herbert M. Shelton

“...the other calling, for me, is that we have to begin this process of truth-telling, that we have to recognize that we can’t get…

— Bryan Stevenson

“Since I could not forget the wounds to people and planet, could not unlearn the dismal numbers--of pollution and population and poverty--that foretold catastrophe,…

— Scott Russell Sanders

“We increase our suffering through our attempts to avoid it”

— Miriam Greenspan

What the American public thinks is very important to the future of global health. Many people are moved by the idea that there is…

— Paul Farmer

“penetrates to the core of many diseases related to prosperity.”

— Wim Hof

We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories…

— Paul Farmer

It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to…

— Rene Dubos

“When a system is suffering from ill health, the remedy is to connect it to more of itself.”

— Francisco Varella

“But suffering from a life-threatening disease also helped me have a different attitude and perspective. It has given a new intensity to life, for…

— Desmond Tutu

So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but…

— Francis Collins

“The only cure for all social ills in our world today is the discovery and creation of more and more ordinary everyday heroes.”

— Jeroninio Almeida