Be not another, if you can be yourself. Paracelsus More Quotes by Paracelsus More Quotes From Paracelsus The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power. Paracelsus supernatural-powers Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. Paracelsus dreams-come-trueaccepteddream 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. Paracelsus invisiblenaturelight 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 magicsecretreason Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms. Paracelsus phantomsbleeding 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. Paracelsus perishingrealdream What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins. Paracelsus holinesskingdomsearth All numbers are multiples of one, all sciences converge to a common point, all wisdom comes out of one center, and the number of wisdom is one. Paracelsus commonnumbers 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 menlyingart Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden. Paracelsus manifestsecretdiscovery Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven. Paracelsus new-beginningsmenart All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison. Paracelsus qualitypoisonall-things Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally. Paracelsus perceptionspiritualmen 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 medicinecharacterart Truly it has been said that there is nothing new under the sun, Paracelsus oceanignorancefall Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. Paracelsus inspirationalheavenart 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. Paracelsus starswisemean 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 spiritheavenchildren However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream. Paracelsus everything-happens-for-a-reasondreamleave-me-alone This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan. Paracelsus alchemyfoundersprocess
