Patch Adams Quotes

Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature's aid with intellect.

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.

The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to define and open up these new frontiers. In this sense he is in the best medical tradition.

I appreciate health care that gets to the root cause of our symptoms and promotes wellness, rather than the one-size-fits-all drug-based approach to treating disease. I love maintaining an optimal quality of life - naturally.

For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.

Nature can do more than physicians.

The art of healing comes from nature not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.

Yoga has spread harmony between man and nature. It is a holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life-these are the rewards that await a family then it invites more nature into children's lives.

I eat organic as much as possible, cleanse regularly, and love outdoor activities like paddle boarding, hiking, swimming, kickboxing, and yoga. But honestly it's more of a psychological thing for me. If I feel good on the inside, I treat my body with more respect.

Instead of using medicine, better fast today.

Games are nature's most beautiful creation

It [The Gesundheit Institute] also won't separate the healing arts. All of them work together - traditional medicine and surgery with acupuncture, homeopathy, etc. We want to make the hospital a place a person can't wait to come to, whether they are working there or being there as a patient. Because we are interested in promoting wellness, we will integrate medicine with performing arts, arts and crafts, agriculture, recreation, nature, and social service. Those are some skeletal parts.

Health depends on being in harmony with our souls

Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

Health is a return to our memory of wholeness.

The sun - my almighty physician.

Meditation is the only cure for all sicknesses that man is prone to; a single medicine. And I should remind you that the word meditation and medicine come from the same root. Medicine for the body and meditation for the soul. They both bring health.

Exercise is great for endorphins, and I come from a very outdoorsy upbringing, so that means a lot to me.

As you begin to heal the inner you, you alter your immune system.

If I can just stop being so stressed out, maybe my cancer will get better! This is far less scary than treating a disease of unknown etiology.

I honor health as the first Muse.

To plant a garden is the chief of the arts of peace.

You beat Cancer by how you live.