black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Paracelsus

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
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.
PARACELSUS

Breathe Flow Himself Live Source
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.
PARACELSUS

Born Children Existence Heaven Hell Human State
Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
PARACELSUS

Dreams Element Fantasy Meaning
Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
PARACELSUS

Man Perception Power See Spiritual
Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
PARACELSUS

Cure Fast Greatness
The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
PARACELSUS

Art Body Copy Inheritance Medicine
Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
PARACELSUS

Himself Philosophy Power Stars
Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
PARACELSUS

Body Ingredient Name Science
Women’s regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
PARACELSUS

Blood System Woman
As you talk, so is your heart.
PARACELSUS

Character Heart One Liner Talk
For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.
PARACELSUS

Country Different Earth Growth Thrive
The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
PARACELSUS

Art Health Medicine Root
Be not another, if you can be yourself.
PARACELSUS

Be Yourself Original
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
PARACELSUS

Brisk Time Wind
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.
PARACELSUS

Alchemy Fall Influence Judgement Past
The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
PARACELSUS

Live Patient Type Weird
All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.
PARACELSUS

Challenge Finding God Healing Health Man Nature Need Science
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.
PARACELSUS

Art Employment Medicine Patient Power Science
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
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.
PARACELSUS

Man Nature Reveal Statement
Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.
PARACELSUS

Fools Fruit Imagination Oneself Time
Consider that we shouldn’t call our brother a fool, since we don’t know ourselves what we are.
PARACELSUS

Brother Call Fools Ourselves
Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
PARACELSUS

Ethics Medicine Philosophy Pillar
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
PARACELSUS

Attack Body Fight Health Himself Nature Sick
The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
PARACELSUS

Degree Love Medicine One Liner
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
PARACELSUS

Experience Greatness Human Magic Power Reason

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Paracelsus Quotes