It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.
William OslerTo have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.
William OslerThe future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.
William OslerThe great minds, the great works transcend all limitations of time, of language, and of race, and the scholar can never feel initiated into the company of the elect until he can approach all of life's problems from the cosmopolitan standpoint.
William Osler