The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
PARACELSUSNature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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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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Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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If we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
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Women’s regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
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Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
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It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.
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All numbers are multiples of one, all sciences converge to a common point, all wisdom comes out of one center, and the number of wisdom is one.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
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Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
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The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
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Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
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Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.
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Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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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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Man is ill because he is never still.
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