Paracelsus Quotes - Page 2

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 is real within ourself.

Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden.

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

Truly it has been said that there is nothing new under the sun, for knowledge is revealed and is submerged again, even as a nation rises and falls. Here is a system, tested throughout the ages, but lost again and again by ignorance or prejudice, in the same way that great nations have risen and fallen and been lost to history beneath the desert sands and in the ocean depths.

A little bit of beer is divine medicine.

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

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.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.

Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn't be revealed through its fruit.

Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.

The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.

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.

Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.

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

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow.

Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.

Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.

The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.

All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.

It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.

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

He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.

The main reason for healing is love.