Paracelsus Quotes

A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.

Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

Man is man, and master of his fate.

When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. That begins when we do what we should no matter how we feel about it.

If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the ignorant man) seems exceedingly hard, it may nevertheless be discovered. Needs must it be hard, since it is so seldom found. How would it be possible, if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labour be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.

The wise man should withdraw his soul within, out of the crowd, and keep it in freedom and power to judge things freely; but as for externals, he should wholly follow the accepted fashions and forms.

Default is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

License they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good.

Astrology is a fact, in most instances. But astrological aspects are but signs, symbols. No influence is of greater value or of greater help than the will of an individual.... Do not attempt to be guided by, but use the astrological influences as the means to meet or to overcome the faults and failures, or to minimize the faults and to magnify the virtues in self.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Your most important asset is the conscious control of your own life.

May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.

Let us be poised, wise and our own today.

Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

I will be lord over myself.