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Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

Florence Nightingale

Volumes are now written and spoken upon the effect of the mind upon the body. Much of it is true. But I wish a little more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind.
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Body Effect Mindset Volume Writing
There are no specific diseases only specific disease conditions.
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Condition Sick Specific
When shall we see a life full of steady enthusiasm, walking straight to its aim, flying home, as that bird is now, against the wind – with the calmness and the confidence of one who knows the laws of God and can apply them?
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Enthusiasm God Home Law Life Oneself Wind
Remember my name– you’ll be screaming it later.
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Remember Scream Yourself
In a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut.
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Bed Room Shut Sick
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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Chance Embrace Ignorance Marriage Offering Woman
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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Time Way World
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
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Care Cruelty Necessary Sick
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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Excellence Fear Repeat Spirit
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
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Entire Lazy Narrow Sacrifice
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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Harm Hospital Requirement Sick
Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
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Beautiful Effect Healing
To understand God’s thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
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God Measurement Purpose Understand
I can expect no sympathy or help from my family.
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Expectation Family Help Myself Sympathy
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.
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Civilization Hospital Stage
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
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Art Fine Nurse Oneself

Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

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