Paracelsus

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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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Collection: Art
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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.
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Collection: Errors
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That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.
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Collection: Spirit
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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.
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Collection: Causes
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Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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Collection: Drug
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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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Collection: Health
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
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Collection: Dream
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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.
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Collection: Magic
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Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn't be revealed through its fruit.
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Collection: Fruit
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A little bit of beer is divine medicine.
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Collection: Beer
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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.
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Collection: Art
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The most secure method, to ruin your health, is a SICK BED!
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Collection: Sick
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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.
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Collection: Children
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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Collection: Names
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The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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Collection: Supernatural Powers
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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.
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Collection: Numbers
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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.
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Collection: Nature
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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.
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Collection: Earth
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Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
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Collection: Bleeding
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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.
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Collection: Art
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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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Collection: Quality
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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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Collection: Wise
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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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Collection: Book
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Consider that we shouldn't call our brother a fool, since we don't know ourselves what we are.
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Collection: Brother
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The main reason for healing is love.
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Collection: Healing
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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?
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Collection: Time
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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Collection: Heart
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy
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Collection: Poison
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Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
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Collection: Inspirational
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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.
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Collection: Messengers
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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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Collection: Art
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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.
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Collection: Dream
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Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)
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Collection: Men
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Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.
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Collection: Writing
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All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
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Collection: Poison
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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
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Collection: Inspirational
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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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Collection: Stars