The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
PARACELSUSWhen 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 book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
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A little bit of beer is divine medicine.
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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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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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The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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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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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
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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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As you talk, so is your heart.
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Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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The main reason for healing is love.
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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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