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A little bit of beer is divine medicine.

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.

All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.

All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.

All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.

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

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.

A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

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

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.

Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain.

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

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.

Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.

Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.

Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within.

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.

For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.

He who knows nothing loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless. But he who understands also loves, notices, sees. The more knowledge is inherent in a thing, the greater the love.

He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.

However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.

I am different. Let this not upset you

In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.

It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.

It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is from nature that the disease comes, and from nature comes the cure, not from physicians.

It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.

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

Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.

Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.

Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.

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

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

Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.

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

The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books

The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.

The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.