Doctor Quotes by Patch Adams

All the messages our kids are getting is money-taking, not giving.

— Patch Adams

I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in…

— Patch Adams

Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure.

— Patch Adams

Please live a healthy life - medicine is an imperfect science.

— Patch Adams

Because we are interested in promoting wellness, we will integrate medicine with performing arts, arts and crafts, agriculture, recreation, nature, and social service.

— Patch Adams

Everyone who goes to a job he doesn't like is a lot weirder than I am.

— Patch Adams

The value of friendship and just deep human contact grows out of giving.

— Patch Adams

I've never made a penny being a doctor, so that makes it not a job. My sense of a doctor is that one is…

— Patch Adams

See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see - out of fear, conformity, or laziness. See the whole world…

— Patch Adams

I am extremely intentional in making the environment around me playful and loving. I have great skill in that area.

— Patch Adams

I entered medicine to use it as a vehicle for social change.

— Patch Adams

Faith can have a profound impact on health. It is a very personal experience of thought and surrender, which can comfort in every situation.…

— Patch Adams

You've got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know what you want, you realize that…

— Patch Adams

It [The Gesundheit Institute] also won't separate the healing arts. All of them work together - traditional medicine and surgery with acupuncture, homeopathy, etc.…

— Patch Adams

Please give your life to peace, justice and care.

— Patch Adams