Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
PARACELSUSHowever, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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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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Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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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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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.
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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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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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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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The most secure method, to ruin your health, is a SICK BED!
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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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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.
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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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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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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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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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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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And it is true, best is nothing concealed which shall not be discovered; for which cause a marvellous being shall come after me, who as yet lives not, and who shall reveal many things.
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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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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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For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.
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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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Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.
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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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What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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