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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?

Florence Nightingale

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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Draw God Hard Heaven Mystic Place Time Word
In a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut.
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Bed Room Shut Sick
A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
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Change Death Destruction Existence Human Place
That Religion is not devotion, but work and suffering for the love of God; this is the true doctrine of Mystics.
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Devotion God Love Mystic Religion Suffering Work
The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health, or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
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Constitute Element Goodness Nurse Reality Sick
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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Harm Hospital Requirement Sick
Religious men are and must be heretics now- for we must not pray, except in a “form” of words, made beforehand- or think of God but with a prearranged idea.
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Arrangement God Ideas Man Prayer Religious Thinking
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
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Deserve Live Nurse Training Worth
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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Better Content Reach World
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
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Attribute Excuse Myself Success
The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed.
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Amount Bed Care Comfort Experience Observation relief Sick
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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Amount Fear Spirit
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
Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
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Beautiful Effect Healing
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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Death Man Morning Myself Remember Sick Time
For the sick it is important to have the best.
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Best Care Important Sick

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