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
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.
belonged owed
they owed something; we wanted them to feel they belonged to something.
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,
antidote
Humor is an antidote to all ills
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'?
groups helping humans
For most of human history, we lived communally in groups, and it was part of the security and nature of groups to help each other and groom each other.
justice people world
I want to live in a world where people become famous because of their work for peace and justice and care. I want the famous to be inspiring; their lives an example of what every human being has it in them to do - act from love!
each-day world laziness
See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see - out of fear, conformity, or laziness. See the whole world anew each day.
assumes clown clowning contact hug love people percent second trauma trick whatever
Clowning is a trick to get love close. I can hug 99 percent of people in the first second of contact if I'm in my clown character. The clown assumes your humanity. It assumes that, whatever trauma you've had, you can still love yourself.