The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
PARACELSUSAlthough Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
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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 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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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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Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage.
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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.
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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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The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
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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 arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.
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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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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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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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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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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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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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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
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All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
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Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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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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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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When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him… For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth.
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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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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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