The spirit is the master; imagination the tool, and the body the plastic material ...The power of the imagination is a great factor in medicine. It may produce diseases in man and in animals, and it may cure them ..Ills of the body may be cured by physical remedies or by the power of the spirit acting through the soul.

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

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.

Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.

All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.

As you talk, so is your heart.

Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.