187 Quotes by William Osler

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.

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.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

The teacher's life should have three periods, study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

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.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy.