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.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

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

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.

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.

Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden.