Aphorism

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Quote of the Day

Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.

Anonymous

Thought For the Day

Great thinkers have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein

He Who Can, Does. He Who Can't, Teaches

This oft quoted phrase harks back to George Bernard Shaw (1903). However, Shaw was referring to revolutionaries, not teachers, so perhaps the phrase is used out of context. Charles H. Mayo, one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic once said: "The safest thing for a patient is to be in the hand of a (wo)man involved in teaching medicine. In order to be a teacher of medicine, the doctor must always be a student."

For Those of You Who are Unsure About What You are Doing Here

If it were not for the great variability among individuals, medicine might as well be a science and not an art. William Osler, 1892

Enough Said

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Reflections after Today's Faculty Board Meeting

Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.

Who Moved My Cheese?

Change happens (they keep moving the cheese).
Anticipate change (get ready for the cheese to move).
Monitor change (smell the cheese often so you know when it's getting old).
Adapt to change quickly (the quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you can enjoy new cheese).
Change (move with the cheese).
Enjoy change (savour the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese).
Be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again and again (they keep moving the cheese).

From S. Johnson. Who Moved My Cheese? London: Vermillion, 1999.

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The Superior Doctor

The superior doctor prevents illness.
The mediocre doctor attends to illness.
The inferior doctor treats actual illness.

Chinese Proverb

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