Hippocrates Quotes

Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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

That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

First do no harm. (Primum non nocerum)

Many admire, few know.

For if a man by magical arts and sacrifices will bring down the moon, and darken the sun, and induce storms, or fine weather, I should not believe that there was anything divine, but human, in these things, provided the power of the divine were overpowered by human knowledge and subjected to it.

Walking is man’s best medicine.

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

People think that epilepsy is divine simply because they don’t have any idea what causes epilepsy. But I believe that someday we will understand what causes epilepsy, and at that moment, we will cease to believe that it’s divine. And so it is with everything in the universe

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

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

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.

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

If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.

All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.

It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.

It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.

Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.