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.

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.

All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.

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.

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.

The highest degree of a medicine is Love.

The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within.

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.

Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.

Sun must set so that we can long for its rise!

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive

Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is.

Understanding a situation doesn't always make it easier

I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

I think my gift expressed itself in every way possible. When I was a little child, my mother said I used to draw on the walls.