Patch Adams Quotes

Everybody needs somebody.

People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

No one was created to be alone.

I never want to feel too far away from people. I think that's when you get in trouble.

Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

I think one needs a companion at some point in life.

I would love to be part of a community.

Think back to the most important experiences of your life, the highest highs, the greatest victories, the most daunting obstacles overcome. How many happened to you alone? I bet there are very few. When you understand that being connected to others is one of life's greatest joys, you realize that life's best comes when you initiate and invest in solid relationships.

Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

You can't live entirely alone. You have to have some kind of a support system.

Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.

I often think that drama helps people feel less lonely about things.

Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.

I think we're here for each other.

Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.'

The only answer in this life, to the loneliness we are all bound to feel, is community.

Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.

I've been here for nine years, and over that time, these people have become like my family.

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.