Daniel D. Palmer Quotes
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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That which I named 'innate' is a segment of that intelligence which fills the universe.
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Chiropractors correct abnormalities of the intellect as well as those of the body.
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Chiropractic embraces the science of life, the knowledge of how organisms act in health and disease, and also the art of adjusting the neuroskeleton.
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Study first, play afterwards.
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I desired to know why one person was ailing and his associate, eating at the same table, working in the same shop, at the same bench was not. Why? What difference was there in these two persons that caused one to have various diseases, while his partner escaped?
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Many patients imagine that they have tried everything. True, they have used many remedies, but they have never had the cause of their infirmity adjusted.
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The basic principle, and the principles of chiropractic which have been developed from it are not new. They are as old as the vertebrae... I am not the first person to replace subluxated vertebra, for this art has been practiced for thousands of years.
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He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.
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Displacement of any part of the skeletal frame may press against nerves, which are the channels of communication, intensifying or decreasing their carrying capacity, creating either too much or not enough functionating, an aberration known as disease. The nature of the affection depends upon the shape of the bone, the amount of pressure, age of patient, character of nerves impinged upon and the individual makeup.
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Innate is a segment of the All-Wise; Educated is an offspring of innate, a servant for its lifetime only. Educated continues with and lasts as long as life exists; Innate is eternal, always was and always will be.
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Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.
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Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
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I claimed to be the first person to adjust a vertebra by hand, using the spinous and transverse processes and levers. I developed the art known as adjusting, and formulated the science of chiropractic, and developed its philosophy.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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I feel it my bounden duty to not only replace displaced bones, but also teach others, so that the physical and spiritual may enjoy health, happiness and the full fruition of our earthly lives.
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The only failure one man should fear, is the failure to do his best.
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Compulsory vaccination is an outrage and a gross interference with the liberty of the people in a land of freedom.
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Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of treating the effects? Why not?
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The spiritual always did exist, always will. It is eternal, it is changeless.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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To be specific, is to exhibit a knowledge of the principles and art of adjusting; a comprehension of facts so systematized that they are available for the relief of disease.
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The advancement of all sciences, especially where there has been such a radical change, have been attended with persecution.
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Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic.
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Chiropractic is a science just so far as it is specific.
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Drugs are delusive; they do not adjust anything.
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Life is but the expression of spirit through matter. To make life manifest requires the union of spirit and body.
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The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.
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There is a vast difference between treating effects and adjusting the cause.
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The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
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