Hippocrates Quotes

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

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.

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.

As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least to do no harm.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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

I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing.

Prudence is the noblest part of medicine.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it.

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

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

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end of divine things.

Hippocrates Quotes part 2

It is better to be full of drink than full of food.

The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.

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

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

To do good, or to do no harm.

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 and left idle they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.

It is better to be free from disease than to have no diseases.

Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient.

When a patient passes bad water, he must not expect to get well.

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.

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

Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.

Through healing, the physician thus strives to help nature bring the body back to its natural state.

In acute diseases, it is more important to know the patient than the disease.

The body must be treated as a whole with attention to its health and strength, rather than focusing solely on the specific ailment.

The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick to health, to cure, as it is termed.

As for diseases, the most favorable prognosis is that which places recovery in the hands of the patient.

The purity of a drink lies not in its source, but in its effects.

The forces at work within the body are the true healers of disease, with the physician serving only as their assistant.

A wise physician does not aim solely to treat the symptoms of a disease, but rather the reactions and underlying causes.

The health of the patient is paramount, and any treatment that may harm or hinder the patient’s well-being should be avoided.

Exercise, moderation in eating and drinking, and a balanced lifestyle are the keys to maintaining good health.

A physician must strive to understand the unique needs and circumstances of each individual patient in order to provide the most effective treatment.

The body has an innate ability to heal itself, and the role of the physician is to support and facilitate this natural healing process.

Prevention is always preferable to cure, and the maintenance of good health should be a priority for every individual.