A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
PARACELSUSDreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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Man is ill because he is never still.
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This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden.
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It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is from nature that the disease comes, and from nature comes the cure, not from physicians.
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Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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Consider that we shouldn’t call our brother a fool, since we don’t know ourselves what we are.
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In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.
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Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.
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All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?
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