Top 91 Quotes & Sayings by Paracelsus - Page 2

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.

Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.

The most secure method, to ruin your health, is a SICK BED!

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.

He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.

The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.

Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)

Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.

All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.

Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.

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.

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?

Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.

All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.

Let no one who can be his own belong to another.

All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.

Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.

As you talk, so is your heart.

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.

That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.

Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.

It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.

The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books

The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.

Consider that we shouldn't call our brother a fool, since we don't know ourselves what we are.

Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.

The main reason for healing is love.