What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
PARACELSUSNothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain.
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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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Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
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It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.
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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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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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Consider that we shouldn’t call our brother a fool, since we don’t know ourselves what we are.
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The dose makes the poison.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.
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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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Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
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Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
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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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