All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.

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.

Consider that we shouldn't call our brother a fool, since we don't know ourselves what we are.

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.

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.

Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.

The highest degree of a medicine is Love.