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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.

Paracelsus

Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
PARACELSUS

Be Yourself Himself
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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Case Doubt Feeling Guide Known Life
Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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Body Ingredient Name Science
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.
PARACELSUS

Art Guide Medicine Pills Science Understand
Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
PARACELSUS

Dosage Drugs
Be not another, if you can be yourself.
PARACELSUS

Be Yourself Original
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.
PARACELSUS

Born Children Existence Heaven Hell Human State
That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.
PARACELSUS

Live Reason Spirit
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Amount Cure Poison Portion Remedy
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
PARACELSUS

Acceptance Dreams Greatness True
All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
PARACELSUS

Distinguish Poison Remedy Simplicity
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new… but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?
PARACELSUS

Design Measurement Mystery Time Wind
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.
PARACELSUS

Gold Lying Medicine Power Virtue
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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Herself Light Nature Understand Visible
What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
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Beginning Bliss Death Earth God Holy Kingdom Life
The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
PARACELSUS

Leave Nature Reading Walk

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