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Quotes from House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time — Patch Adams

born 1945 United States

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

House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998)

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

House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998)

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.

House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998)

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 volumes that I share my house with-- has contributed to expanding my dream.

House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998)

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 replacement for the lost intimacy.

House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Patch Adams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.