In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.

— William Osler

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

— William Osler

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

— William Osler

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

— William Osler

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

— William Osler

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

— 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

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.

— William Osler

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.

— William Osler

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

— William Osler