Patch Adams

"I have often found that mental patients who are given love, creativity, and community find the peace that they are reaching out for."

"I think that the loss of the house call has been the biggest blow to the art of medicine in this century. Not only has the patient lost this precious attention, but the physician has not found a repla…"

"You know, it's always the same. I've clowned in 81 countries. People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too frightened of Love to al…"

"Take a close look at the part that "love" plays in your life. Make an inventory of love: people, things, ideas, experiences. Try to live your gratitude."

"I'll give you an example — in Russia most of the hospitals don't have any pain medicine, they don't have any money. So if you're with kids with cancer, they can have metastases to the bone; which some…"

"Welcome to my library! Ever since my high school days, books and magazines have been to my mind what friends are in the flesh. Each and every one of these books and articles-- a fraction of the 12,000…"

"Any can do it — BE RADIANT! Make the decision. I want to be an agent of change to a loving world — so I will be radiant."

"Imagination is an infinite resource that cannot be diminished by overuse or underuse."