The ‘kingdom of heaven is within,’ indeed, but we must also create one without, because we are intended to act upon our circumstances.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEA nurse is to maintain the air within the room as fresh as the air without, without lowering the temperature.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is within’? Heaven is neither a place nor a time.
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I use the word nursing for want of a better.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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The craving for ‘the return of the day’, which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.
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I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
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Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.
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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.
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Do not engage in any paper wars. You will convince nobody and arrive at no satisfaction yourself.
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For the sick it is important to have the best.
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Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
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I can stand out the war with any man.
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I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.
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Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients are actual means of recovery.
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