What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
PARACELSUSA 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.
More Paracelsus Quotes
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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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Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
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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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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.
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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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The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.
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This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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The main reason for healing is love.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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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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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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Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
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And it is true, best is nothing concealed which shall not be discovered; for which cause a marvellous being shall come after me, who as yet lives not, and who shall reveal many things.
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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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Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.
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Be not another, if you can be yourself.
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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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The most secure method, to ruin your health, is a SICK BED!
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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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Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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