Hippocrates Quotes

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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

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

Walking is man’s best medicine.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

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

Life is short, the art long.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

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

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

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

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

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.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

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

The art is long, life is short.

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

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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

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

Many admire, few know.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.