Paracelsus Quotes

A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

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

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

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

The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.

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

The dose makes the poison.

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.

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

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

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?

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.

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.

For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.

That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.

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.

As you talk, so is your heart.

Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.

All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.

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

There is in each person, in every animal, bird and plant a star which mirrors, matches or is in some sense the same as a star in the heavens.

Death is the midwife of very great things.... It brings about the birth and rebirth of forms a thousand times improved. This is the highest mystery of God.

All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.

Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.