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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.

Paracelsus

Be not another, if you can be yourself.
PARACELSUS

Be Yourself Original
That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.
PARACELSUS

Live Reason Spirit
The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.
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Consequence Human Law Reason Ultimate Universe
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.
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Book Himself Knowledge Patient Rich Writing
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new… but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?
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Design Measurement Mystery Time Wind
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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Art Employment Medicine Patient Power Science
Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
PARACELSUS

Be Yourself Himself
Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.
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Born Children Existence Heaven Hell Human State
The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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Live Patient Type Weird
Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
PARACELSUS

Gold Lying Medicine Power Virtue
The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
PARACELSUS

Leave Nature Reading Walk
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
PARACELSUS

Art Doctor Healing Mindset Nature
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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Art Guide Medicine Pills Science Understand
It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.
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Constitution Existence Influence Man Rule Wisdom
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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Alone Awakening Dreams Himself Room Talk
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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Body Creation Greatness Sick Soul

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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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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