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Paracelsus Quotes

Paracelsus quotes

Swiss Scientist November 11, 1493 – September 24, 1541

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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. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them..."
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps..."
Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "anyone who thinks that all fruits ripen at the same time as..."
...anyone who thinks that all fruits ripen at the same time as strawberries, knows nothing of grapes. Paracelsus
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. Paracelsus
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 flows into him... For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of..."
Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. Paracelsus
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. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet..."
What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms."
Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "Be not another, if you can be yourself."
Be not another, if you can be yourself. Paracelsus
Paracelsus quote: "This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the..."
This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine. Paracelsus
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. Paracelsus
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. Paracelsus
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 a specific region. Paracelsus

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