Paracelsus quotes

Paracelsus was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher, regarded as one of the pioneers of modern medicine. Famous for challenging traditional medical practices, he introduced the use of chemicals and minerals in treatments. He profoundly influenced the development of toxicology and the shift toward evidence-based medicine. Here are 63 of his quotes:

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. (Paracelsus)
Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. View quote
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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. View quote
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. View quote
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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 their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster. View quote
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As you talk, so is your heart. View quote
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Consider that we shouldn't call our brother a fool, since we don't know ourselves what we are. View quote
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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. View quote
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Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn't be revealed through its fruit. View quote
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Destruction perfects that which is good; for the good cannot appear on account of that which conceals it. The good is least good whilst it is thus concealed. The concealment must be removed so that the good may be able freely to appear in its own brightness. For example, the mountain, the sand, the earth, or the stone in which a metal has grown is such a concealment. Each one of the visible metals is a concealment of the other six metals. View quote
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He who wants to govern must have insight into the hearts of men and act accordingly. (Paracelsus)
God has given to all things their course and decided how high and how far they may go, not higher, not lower. View quote
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In us there is the Light of Nature, and that Light is God. View quote
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Practice humility at first with man and only then before God. He who despises man, has also no respect for God. View quote
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We have Divine Wisdom in the mortal body. Whatever does harm to the body, ruins the House of the Eternal. View quote
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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart. If your heart is false, then also the doctor in you is false. If it is fair, then also the doctor is fair. View quote
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What else is the help of medicine than love? View quote
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What maintains the marriage and what is it? Only the knowledge of the hearts, that is its beginning and end. View quote
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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him. View quote
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Belief and work, knowledge and action are one and the same thing. View quote
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All is interrelated. Heaven and earth, air and water. All are but one thing; not four, not two and not three, but one. Where they are not together, there is only an incomplete piece. (Paracelsus)
God, our Father, has given us the life and the art of healing to protect and maintain it. View quote
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Who else is the enemy of Nature but he who mistakes himself for more intelligent than Nature, though it is the highest school for all of us? View quote
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If you have been given a talent, exercise it freely and happily like the sun: give everyone from your splendour. View quote
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He who conquers his enemy with meekness, wins fame. View quote
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Occupation: Swiss Physician
Born: November 1, 1493
Died: September 14, 1541
Quotes count: 63
Wikipedia: Paracelsus

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