Hippocrates Quotes
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. ... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.
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The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of this body, and through these he feels pain or enjoys health. Now he enjoys the most perfect health when these elements are duly proportioned to one another in respect of compounding, power and bulk, and when they are perfectly mingled.
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A natural talent is required; for, when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to appropriate to himself by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance, so that the instruction taking root may bring forth proper and abundant fruits.
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The art is long, life is short.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient's belief.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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Walking is man's best medicine.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Correct is to recognize what diseases are and whence they come; which are long and which are short; which are mortal and which are not; which are in the process of changing into others; which are increasing and which are diminishing; which are major and which are minor; to treat the diseases that can be treated, but to recognize the ones that cannot be, and to know why they cannot be; by treating patients with the former, to give them the benefit of treatment as far as it is possible.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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Many admire, few know.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these matters to a degree reasonable for a layman.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations.