All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
PARACELSUSThoughts 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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The dose makes the poison.
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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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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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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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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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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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Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
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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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Women’s regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
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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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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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The most secure method, to ruin your health, is a SICK BED!
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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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