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26 Meaningful Quotes By Galen

Famous As: Physician
Born On: 130 AD
Died On: 200 AD
Born In: Pergamon, Turkey
Died At Age: 70
Galen was a celebrated Greek surgeon, philosopher, and physician. Perhaps the most proficient of all medical researches of yesteryears, he exerted great influence on the development of various scientific disciplines including logic, anatomy, philosophy, physiology, pharmacology, neurology, and pathology. Ancient Greek physicians including Hippocrates largely influenced Galen’s understanding of medicine and anatomy. He studied at the great medical school of Alexandria and travelled extensively in order to gain the understanding of variety of discoveries and medical theories. His philosophical writings, thoughts and viewpoints were influenced by Roman and Greek thinkers like the Stoics, Plato, and Aristotle. We bring to you a collection of notable quotes and sayings by the illustrious philosopher which have been gathered from his writings, thoughts, works and life. Read through the collection of interesting, inspiring, insightful and the most sought-after quotes and thoughts by Galen.
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The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.

The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.

Galen
If sometimes dreams come true, what of our nightmares?

If sometimes dreams come true, what of our nightmares?

Galen
Employment is nature's physician and is essential to human happiness.

Employment is nature's physician and is essential to human happiness.

Galen
When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience

Galen
He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.

He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.

Galen
I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing

Galen
All animals are sad after coitus except the female human and the rooster.

All animals are sad after coitus except the female human and the rooster.

Galen
Laziness breeds humors of the blood.

Laziness breeds humors of the blood.

Galen
(Wine is) the nurse of old age.

(Wine is) the nurse of old age.

Galen
The best physician is also a philosopher.

The best physician is also a philosopher.

Galen
The physician is only nature's assistant.

The physician is only nature's assistant.

Galen
All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die.

All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die.

Galen

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world

Galen
The chief merit of language is clearness.

The chief merit of language is clearness.

Galen
These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message

These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message

Galen
A cold and moist brain is an inseparable companion to folly.

A cold and moist brain is an inseparable companion to folly.

Galen
My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers

Galen
The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted

The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted

Galen
The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images

Galen
After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.

After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.

Galen
Who Are You? 
 What do you want? 
 Where Are You Going? 
 Who do you serve and who do you trust?

Who Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust?

Galen
Look to the nervous system as the key to maximum health.

Look to the nervous system as the key to maximum health.

Galen
Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

Galen
Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness.

Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness.

Galen

I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense I know I am a part of it and take my photographs from that emotional feeling within me, rather than from an emotional distance as a spectator

Galen