Fed on the dry husks of facts, the human heart has a hidden want which science cannot supply. William Osler More Quotes by William Osler More Quotes From William Osler Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility. William Osler humilitygraceart The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. William Osler congratulationssuccessinspirational A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient. William Osler physiciansfoolpatient Every patient you see is a lesson in much more than the malady from which he suffers. William Osler lessonspatientsuffering We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. William Osler motivationalinspirationallife Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible. William Osler all-thingsfaithmen The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. William Osler good-lifeexperiencevision The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him away from patients, pills, and potions. William Osler pillsdoctorslooks The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. William Osler learningatheistspiritual To confess ignorance is often wiser than to beat about the bush with a hypothetical diagnosis. William Osler diagnosisbeatsignorance There are only two sorts of doctors; those who practise with their brains, and those who practise with their tongues. William Osler doctorsbraintwo The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases. William Osler practice-of-medicinephysiciansdrug It is not... That some people do not know what to do with truth when it is offered to them, But the tragic fate is to reach, after patient search, a condition of mind-blindness, in which. The truth is not recognized, though it stares you in the face. William Osler medicinefatehealth The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles. William Osler teachingeducationteacher To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. William Osler perseveranceeffortstruggle I desire no other epitaph - no hurry about it, I may say - than the statement that I taught medical students in the wards, as I regard this as by far the most useful and important work I have been called upon to do. William Osler importantdesireeducation Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken. William Osler already-takentakenadvice The extraordinary development of modern science may be her undoing. Specialism, now a necessity, has fragmented the specialities themselves in a way that makes the outlook hazardous. The workers lose all sense of proportion in a maze of minutiae. William Osler mazesdevelopmentscience 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 truthbirthdayphilosophy 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 mindattitudemen
