3 December 2020 William Osler To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals – this alone is worth the struggle.
3 December 2020 William Osler There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.
3 December 2020 William Osler The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
3 December 2020 William Osler The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.
3 December 2020 William Osler No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
3 December 2020 William Osler Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.
3 December 2020 William Osler In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
3 December 2020 William Osler The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
3 December 2020 William Osler We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
3 December 2020 William Osler No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.
3 December 2020 William Osler There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.
