Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
PARACELSUSDreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
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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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It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is from nature that the disease comes, and from nature comes the cure, not from physicians.
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.
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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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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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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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The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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Be not another, if you can be yourself.
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He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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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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Man is ill because he is never still.
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