Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God – to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEI stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
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The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
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Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses, we must be learning all of our lives.
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The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
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It is very well to say “be prudent, be careful, try to know each other.” But how are you to know each other?
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Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity these, three and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised?
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Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
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I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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For the sick it is important to have the best.
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Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.
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In a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut.
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I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. For years and years I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning.
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Remember my name– you’ll be screaming it later.
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Marriage is the only chance (and it is but a chance) offered to women for escape from this death and how eagerly and how ignorantly it is embraced.
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