Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. Paracelsus More Quotes by Paracelsus More Quotes From Paracelsus Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. Paracelsus dosageremedypoison 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. Paracelsus starsmenworld He who knows nothing loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless. But he who understands also loves, notices, sees. The more knowledge is inherent in a thing, the greater the love. Paracelsus grapesfruitimagine The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. Paracelsus healingmindart The universities do not teach all things ... so a doctor must seek out old wives, gypsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers, and such outlaws and take lessons from them. A doctor must be a traveller . . . Knowledge is experience. Paracelsus doctorslessonswife All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it. Paracelsus healthhealingmen There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun; and those who are blind and cannot see him may feel his heat. There is an Eternal Sun, which is the source of all wisdom, and those whose spiritual senses have awakened to life will see that sun and be conscious of His existence; but those who have not attained spiritual consciousness may yet feel His power by an inner faculty which is called Intuition. Paracelsus intuitionspiritualmay 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. Paracelsus healthlifeart The highest degree of a medicine is Love. Paracelsus highestdegreesmedicine 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. Paracelsus physicianspatientbook It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is from nature that the disease comes, and from nature comes the cure, not from physicians. Paracelsus burningcancercutting The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life. Paracelsus diseasecauseslaw The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars. Paracelsus sunshinestarslife Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within. Paracelsus remedyphysiciansfasting Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage Paracelsus medicinewinepoison I am different. Let this not upset you Paracelsus upsetdifferent The spirit is the master; imagination the tool, and the body the plastic material ...The power of the imagination is a great factor in medicine. It may produce diseases in man and in animals, and it may cure them ..Ills of the body may be cured by physical remedies or by the power of the spirit acting through the soul. Paracelsus medicineanimalmen Man is ill because he is never still. Paracelsus chiropracticillmen 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. Paracelsus angeldreampromise Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain. Paracelsus menbelieveart
