Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
PARACELSUSFor it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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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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Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.
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The main reason for healing is love.
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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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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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All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
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Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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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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Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
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The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
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Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
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