A collection of quotes by Paracelsus on poison, identity, knowing, astrology, philosophy, power, ethics, science, alchemy, spiritual, stars, wonder and mysticism.
41 Great Paracelsus Quotes That Offer Insight On Various Aspects Of Life
Paracelsus was a Swiss physician, philosopher, botanist, occultist and astrologer who is credited as the father of toxicology. He rose to prominence in the first half of the 16th century and was far ahead of his time. Paracelsus observed nature in order to make his claims rather than going by ancient texts. He is not only regarded as the founder of toxicology but also regarded as a trailblazer in several aspects of ‘Medical Revolution’ of the Renaissance. He was the first to state that some diseases might actually be caused due to psychological issues in an individual. He is also credited for naming the metal ‘Zinc’. He not only excelled in medicine and science, but also became an authority on theology. Throughout his life Paracelsus provided insights on a variety of subjects ranging from natural sciences to medicine and from occultism to spirituality and religion. However, his greatest contribution has to be the introduction of scientific approach to medical science and that remains one of his most important legacies. Here is a collection of some of the most famous quotations and sayings by the distinguished physician which have been excerpted from his writings, works, thoughts and life. Go through the famous quotes and thoughts by Paracelsus.
All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
Paracelsus
What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
Paracelsus
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
Thoughts are free and subject to no rule. On them rests the freedom of man, and they tower above the light of nature...create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy from which new arts flow.
Paracelsus
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.
Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow.
Paracelsus
The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits, who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.
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.
Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
Paracelsus
There is in each person, in every animal, bird and plant a star which mirrors, matches or is in some sense the same as a star in the heavens.
Paracelsus
The dose makes the poison.
Paracelsus
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.
For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
Paracelsus
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 back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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
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.
Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.
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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.
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.
But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?
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.
Everything is a poison, nothing is a poison.
It is the dose that makes the poison
Paracelsus
Death is the midwife of very great things.... It brings about the birth and rebirth of forms a thousand times improved. This is the highest mystery of God.
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