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Avicenna quotes: There are no incurable diseases - only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs - only the lack of knowledge.

There are no incurable diseases - only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs - only the lack of knowledge.

Avicenna quotes: Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?

Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?

Avicenna quotes: The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

Avicenna quotes: Absence of understanding does not warrant absence of existence

Absence of understanding does not warrant absence of existence

Avicenna quotes: A horse is simply a horse.

A horse is simply a horse.

Avicenna quotes: Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.

Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.

Avicenna quotes: Width of life is more important than length of life.

Width of life is more important than length of life.

Avicenna quotes: The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

Avicenna quotes: As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

Avicenna quotes: I would rather have a short life with width rather than a narrow one with length.

I would rather have a short life with width rather than a narrow one with length.

Avicenna quotes: In God alone, essence (what He is) and existence (that he is) coincide.

In God alone, essence (what He is) and existence (that he is) coincide.

Avicenna quotes: That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.

Avicenna quotes: The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears.

The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears.

Avicenna quotes: Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.

Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.

Avicenna quotes: Time is merely a feature of our memories and expectations.

Time is merely a feature of our memories and expectations.

Avicenna quotes: I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.

I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.

Avicenna quotes: The different sorts of madness are innumerable.

The different sorts of madness are innumerable.

Avicenna quotes: Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs.

Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs.

Avicenna quotes: An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.

An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.