Start at once a bedside library and spend the last half hour of the day in communion with the saints of humanity. William Osler More Quotes by William Osler More Quotes From William Osler A well-trained, sensible doctor is one of the most valuable assets of a community. William Osler doctorshealthcommunity Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints. William Osler aggravationhard-workdust We are constantly misled by the ease with which our minds fall into the ruts of one or two experiences William Osler mindtwofall If it were not for the great variability among individuals, medicine might as well be a science, not an art. William Osler medicinemightart It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. William Osler easierbook Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of life. William Osler humdrumroutinemay Patients rarely die of the disease from which they suffer. Secondary or terminal infections are the real cause of death. William Osler diseaserealsuffering Happiness lies in the absorption in some vocation which satisfies the soul. William Osler vocationsoullying It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice. William Osler healthhomemen We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy. William Osler lossfoodlife Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new life. William Osler omissionnew-lifemen The most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship. William Osler essentials Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health. William Osler should-haveairexercise We doctors have always been a simple trusting folk. Did we not believe Galen implicitly for 1500 years and Hippocrates for more than 2000? William Osler doctorssimplebelieve By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy-indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction. William Osler honestyintegritycharacter Avoid wine and women - choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably more amiable. William Osler wifegirlwine Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine, and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever. William Osler humanitywarenemy 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 medicineimportantmen Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. William Osler soapcommon-sensewater But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room too for a keen sense of the absurdities and incongruities of life, and in the shifting panorama no one sees better than the doctor the perennial sameness of men’s ways. William Osler doctorstragedymen
