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.
ParacelsusIf we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
ParacelsusWhat we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
ParacelsusAnyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.
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