“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has.”
"The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."
- William Osler
Compassion
"...let me congratulate you on the choice of calling which offers a combination of intellectual and moral interests found in no other profession."
- William Osler
Inspiration
"To study medicine without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study medicine only from books is not to go to sea at all."
- William Osler
Learning
"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."
- William Osler
Leadership
"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies and satisfy your widest ambition."
- William Osler
Focus
"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."
- Touko Aozaki
Insight
"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"
- Steven Wright
Insight
"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."
- Jack
Insight