Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
PARACELSUSDreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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The dose makes the poison.
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We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.
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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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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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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 things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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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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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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This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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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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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
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