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

Quote by William Osler

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The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but...

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but...

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness...

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness...

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease...

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn...

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

Good advice is often annoying - bad advice never is.

Good advice is often annoying - bad advice never is.