Aequanimitas Quotes

“One of the first essentials in securing a good-natured equanimity is not to expect too much of the people amongst whom you dwell.”
― William Osler, Aequanimitas

“Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.”
― William Osler, Aequanimitas

“At the outset do not be worried about this big question — Truth. It is a very simple matter if each one of you starts with the desire to get as much as possible. 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, Aequanimitas

“In the first place, in the physician or surgeon no quality takes rank with imperturbability, and I propose for a few minutes to direct your attention to this essential bodily virtue.”
― William Osler, Aequanimitas

“Perfect happiness for student and teacher will come with the abolition of examinations, which are stumbling blocks and rocks of offense in the pathway of the true student.”
― William Osler, Aequanimitas