Author: Hippocrates

Quotes

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

- Hippocrates

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

- Hippocrates

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

- Hippocrates

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

- Hippocrates

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

- Hippocrates

Life is short, the art long.

Life is short, the art long.

- Hippocrates

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

- Hippocrates

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

- Hippocrates

Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

- Hippocrates

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