William Osler

“the person who takes medicine must recover twice,once from the disease ,and once from the medicine.”

“He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all”

“Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.”

“Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly, at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.”

“Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.”

“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.”

“We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.”

“Ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has”

“Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.”

“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.”

“In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. ”