“When you do not know the nature of the malady, leave it to nature; do not strive to hasten matters. For either nature will bring about the cure or it will itself reveal clearly what the malady really is.”

The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears.

Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs.

There are no incurable diseases – only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs – only the lack of knowledge.

I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.

In God alone, essence (what He is) and existence (that he is) coincide.

An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials.

It is in the nature of water … to become transformed into earth through a predominating earthy virtue; … it is in the nature of earth to become transformed into water through a predominating aqueous virtue.

Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?

As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

The different sorts of madness are innumerable.

That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped.

A horse is simply a horse.

Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.

Only the moon’s smile can cure the unseen scars of darkness.

It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.

Give me the power to produce fever and I’ll cure all disease.

The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.

Perhaps the best medicine to cure a sad heart is to take a break and go to the mountains without an internet connection.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

There’s only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sounds egotistical, but it’s actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.

Religion: Together we can find the cure.