Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus Quotes

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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. Philipus-Aureolus-ParacelsusPhilipus Aureolus Paracelsus
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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. Philipus-Aureolus-ParacelsusPhilipus Aureolus Paracelsus
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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. Philipus-Aureolus-ParacelsusPhilipus Aureolus Paracelsus
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So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living. Philipus-Aureolus-ParacelsusPhilipus Aureolus Paracelsus
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. Philipus-Aureolus-ParacelsusPhilipus Aureolus Paracelsus
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When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him... For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth. Philipus-Aureolus-ParacelsusPhilipus Aureolus Paracelsus

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