The dose makes the poison.

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

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.

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.

You're free to join us, but only if you promise not to stare at the new kid." Miles laughs. "Staring is very rude. Didn't anyone ever tell you that?

Nothing is so effective in keeping one young and full of lust as a discriminating palate thoroughly satisfied at least once a day

Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting.

Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are.

My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

You go see 'Timothy Green,' and tell me if it doesn't rock your world. I loved it. I loved every frame of it.

The great advantage of a new friend is that we have not yet found one another out.

The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.

According to my daughters, my most irritating habit is asking for cups of tea.

When you own a piano, it's harder to think about moving.