The dose makes the poison.
PARACELSUSBut 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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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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Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow.
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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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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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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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Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.
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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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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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Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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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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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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The main reason for healing is love.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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