The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
PARACELSUSCould we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
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In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.
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However, 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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Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
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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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Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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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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This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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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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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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But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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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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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.
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