Paracelsus

“ What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. But inside, under the dross, there the remedy lies hidden. First it must be cleansed from the dross, then it is there. This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
10. If 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. For in extremis, things reveal their nature and become visible ”

“ For it is not God's design that the remedies should exist for us, ready-made, boiled and salted, but that we should boil them ouselves, and it pleases Him that we boil them and learn in the process, that we train ourselves in this art and are not idle on earth, but labour in daily toil. ”

“ 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. Then their imagination could work wonders upon woders and invoke the shades of the philosophers, who would instruct them in their art. ”

“ 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. This means that each country, in addition to the general properties common to the whole world, also has its own specific properties. ”

“ Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration. ”

“ Medicine rests upon four pillars -philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. the first pillar is the philosophical knowledge of earth and water; the second, astronomy, supplies its full understanding of that which is fiery and airy nature ”

“ Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true....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.... Of such apparations we must know how they take place and how they came to us; when we are in great need, we can obtain from them God's kindness if our prayer pours in true faith from a truthful mouth and heart. ”

“ 8.What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them? ”