“ No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher. William Osler
“ The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. William Osler
“ We may indeed be justly proud of our apostolic succesion. THESE ARE OUR METHODS - to carefully observe the phenomena of life in all its stages , to cultivate reasoning faculty so as to be able to know… William Osler
“ In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. 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. William Osler
“ To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all. 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. 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. William Osler
“ In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. William Osler
“ One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong. 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. 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. William Osler
“ The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage lib… William Osler
