The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
PARACELSUSThe beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
PARACELSUSLife 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.
PARACELSUSI am different. Let this not upset you.
PARACELSUSMan 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.
PARACELSUSIt 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.
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.
PARACELSUSAll drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
PARACELSUSNothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
PARACELSUSThe art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
PARACELSUSAnd 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.
PARACELSUSLet no one who can be his own belong to another.
PARACELSUSTime is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
PARACELSUSWhen 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.
PARACELSUSAll that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.
PARACELSUSWhat 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?
PARACELSUSAll things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
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