121 Quotes by Paracelsus

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.

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.

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

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.

Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.

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.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

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.