Patch Adams Quotes

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• Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is…
• At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea…
• One cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the community, from the health of the world.
• 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.…
• Humor is an antidote to all ills
• Jump for joy as we accomplish the dreams we adore.
• The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering.
• Kindness Day? Kindness Day? Do you suppose if we were kind and enthusiastic for centuries uninterruptedly, that someone would create 'Nasty, Indifferent Day'?
• I am a Doctor, but above all else I consider myself an activist for peace, justice and care for all people.
• If you actually are a doctor and admitted it, you'd say, 'I don't cure a huge percentage, I don't have a 50 percent cure rate…
• The most radical act anyone can commit is to be happy.
• The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the…
• Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing…
• When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were…
• Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty.
• Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.
• We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging.
• I entered medicine to use it as a vehicle for social change.
• Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement…
• Is letting our children watch TV a form of child abuse? If our children grow up knowing everything about Britney Spears and nothing about nature…

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