Medical education is not just a program for building knowledge and skills in its recipients... it is also an experience which creates… — Abraham Flexner Attitude Copy Share Image
We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of… — Abraham Flexner Accidents Copy Share Image
A patient had a 50-50 chance of benefiting from visiting a physician as of 1910. Medicine was more like voodoo than science… — Abraham Flexner 20th century Copy Share Image
The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by… — Abraham Flexner Billions Copy Share Image
You have had your last bad meal. But, you have also heard your last honest compliment, and you have lost your last… — Abraham Flexner Compliment Copy Share Image
The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its… — Abraham Flexner Dare Copy Share Image
The student is to collect and evaluate facts. The facts are locked up in the patient. — Abraham Flexner Evaluate Copy Share Image
The world in which we live is the only world about which our senses can testify. — Abraham Flexner Funny Copy Share Image
At no period of [Michael Faraday's] unmatched career was he interested in utility. He was absorbed in disentangling the riddles of the… — Abraham Flexner Careers Copy Share Image
Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them. — Abraham Flexner Great science Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied;… — Abraham Flexner Complacent Copy Share Image
Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of… — Abraham Flexner Application Copy Share Image
“Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is… — Abraham Flexner Civilization Copy Share Image
Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. — Abraham Flexner Apathy Copy Share Image