All Paracelsus Quotes
- 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… Account
- 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. Alchemy
- 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
- We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which… Asleep
- Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. Alchemy
- Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man. Bean
- The dose makes the poison. Dose
- Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean… All
- The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities. Give
- This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan. Alchemy
- What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. Dross
- 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… Bread
- However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes… Alone
- 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… Breath
- A little bit of beer is divine medicine. Beer
- When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create… Create
- Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many. Deemed
- That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing… Asleep