Patch Adams
Patch Adams
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adamsis an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns in an effort to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
belonged owed
they owed something; we wanted them to feel they belonged to something.
fabulous sweet tenderness
They want to have a fabulous listener, they want sweet tenderness and no sense that you are in a hurry,
engaging giving instantly people reason sad
They had every reason to be sad and angry, yet people were instantly friendly, engaging and giving.
love patients sue
We love our patients and our patients love us. You don't sue someone you love.
positivity opportunity play
Waiting in line is a great opportunity to meet people, daydream, or play.
skills environment areas
I am extremely intentional in making the environment around me playful and loving. I have great skill in that area.
justice people special
Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
radical commit
The most radical act anyone can commit is to be happy.
disease needs patient
We need to start treating the patient as well as the disease,
nature stress moving
Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure.
antidote
Humor is an antidote to all ills
sleep departed debt
Death. To die. To expire. To pass on. To perish. To peg out. To push up daisies. To push up posies. To become extinct. Curtains, deceased, Demised, departed And defunct. Dead as a doornail. Dead as a herring. Dead as a mutton. Dead as nits. The last breath. Paying a debt to nature. The big sleep. God's way of saying, "Slow down."
kindness nasty century
Kindness Day? Kindness Day? Do you suppose if we were kind and enthusiastic for centuries uninterruptedly, that someone would create 'Nasty, Indifferent Day'?
helping-others giving people
We have to end the capitalist system. We have to make love our value. You are rich when you love and you are rich when you are giving away your time and what you have to help other people.