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.
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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.
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature; the challenge of science is to find it.
The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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.
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.
Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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.
I am different. Let this not upset you.
The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
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.
In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.