“Poverty - the greatest cause of human suffering on the planet - is itself exacerbated by conflict, competition for resources, injustice, even the global downturn and climate change. Diseases like AIDS, TB and malaria cannot be tackled without adequate resources. So you see everything is connected. In order to address any major cause of human suffering, we have to work together across many fronts.” HumansTogetherSufferingOrderCausesPovertyFrontsPlanetsConflictDiseaseMajorsResourcesCompetitionClimateClimate ChangeInjusticeConnectedAidsAddressesWorking TogetherAdequateHuman SufferingMalariaDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:Desmond Tutu
“We already have the material means to eradicate deep poverty and thereby eradicate hunger. We have the material means to begin the tremendous clean up of the environmental messes we’ve created. We have, I believe, the psychological, emotional and spiritual means to create a world without war. We have the material means to create a world in which unnecessary human suffering has been drastically diminished. My vision for the future is that we do those things. And I think we will.” ThinkingWorldBelieveHumansMeanHas BeensWarSpiritualSufferingI BelieveVisionPovertyEmotionalMaterialsCleanEnvironmentalHungerPsychologicalMessUnnecessaryHuman Suffering Author:Marianne Williamson
“The way we treat animals is the root cause of all the human suffering in the world, from poverty, starvation, disease, and war to lack of clean air and water, not to mention all the varied forms of human emotional and spiritual suffering.” WorldWayHumansWarSpiritualFormSufferingCausesWaterAnimalPovertyAirEmotionalDiseaseRootsTreatsCleanStarvationHuman SufferingRoot CauseClean AirAir And Water Author:Sharon Gannon
“The stark and tragic images of human suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reminded us yet again that civil rights and equal rights are still the great unfinished business of America. The suffering has been disproportionately borne by the weak, the poor, the elderly and infirm, and largely African-Americans, who were forced by poverty, illness, unequal opportunity to stay behind and bear the brunt of the storm's winds and floods. I believe that kind of disparate impact is morally wrong in this, the richest country in the world.” WorldBelieveKindCountrySufferingOpportunityI BelievePoorPovertyEqualWeakIllnessCivil RightsTragicFloodEqual RightsEqual OpportunityKatrinaHuman SufferingHurricane Katrina Author:Edward Kennedy