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.
PARACELSUSIf 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.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.
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For 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.
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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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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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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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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.
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Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
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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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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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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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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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Consider that we shouldn’t call our brother a fool, since we don’t know ourselves what we are.
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