205 Quotes by Hippocrates

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.

I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.

Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these matters to a degree reasonable for a layman.

Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.

We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.

For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.

Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.