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The loudest cry of patients is for compassion and attention, which is a call for time.

— Patch Adams

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The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it "depression" than calling it "loneliness."

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)

I dove into the ocean of gratitude and never found the shore.

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)

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