The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. William Osler
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. William Osler
The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well. William Osler
Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Let not your conceptions of disease come from words heard in the lecture room or read from the book. See, and then reason and compare and control. But see first. William Osler
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. William Osler
The first step toward success in any occupation is to become interested in it. 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 trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. William Osler