Galen Quotes
Aelius Galenus, known as Galen of Pergamon, was a Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher of the Roman Empire and the most influential medical author of antiquity. Trained in the great medical schools of the eastern Mediterranean, he served as physician to the gladiators of Pergamon before becoming court physician to the emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, and Septimius Severus. The quotes below are attributed to Galen, organized by topic.
Galen on Happiness
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Attributed to Galen:
“Confidence and hope do more good than physic.”
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Attributed to Galen:
“Use, do not abuse: neither abstinence nor excess gives happiness.”
Galen on Knowledge
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Attributed to Galen:
“The best physician is also a philosopher.”
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Attributed to Galen:
“Medicine without philosophy is blind, philosophy without medicine empty.”
Galen on Virtue
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Attributed to Galen:
“He cures most successfully who is most trusted.”