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.
PARACELSUSEvery 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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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him… For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth.
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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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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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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 one who can be his own belong to another.
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The dose makes the poison.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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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 highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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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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Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden.
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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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The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.
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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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