God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say. Florence Nightingale More Quotes by Florence Nightingale More Quotes From Florence Nightingale The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality. Florence Nightingale nursingsacrificepeculiar The family uses people, not for what they are, nor for what they are intended to be, but for what it wants them for- its own uses. It thinks of them not as what God has made them, but as the something which it has arranged that they shall be. Florence Nightingale familypeoplethinking 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 Nightingale unseenholinessdivine People say the effect is only on the mind. It is no such thing. The effect is on the body, too. Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect. Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the objects presented to patients, are actual means of recovery. Florence Nightingale recoveryhealthmean No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman. Florence Nightingale nursinghorsemen Passion, intellect, moral activity - these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they cannot be satisfied. To say more on this subject would be to enter into the whole history of society, of the present state of civilisation. Florence Nightingale atmospherepassionwould-be 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. Florence Nightingale bodywishmind Statistics is the most important science in the whole world: for upon it depends the practical application of every other science and of every art: the one science essential to all political and social administration, all education, all organization based on experience, for it only gives results of our experience. Florence Nightingale organizationgivingart We know nothing of the principle of health, the positive of which pathology is the negative, except from observation and experience. Nothing but observation and experience will teach us the ways to maintain or to bring back the state of health. It is often thought that medicine is the curative process. It is no such thing; medicine is the surgery of functions as surgery proper is that of limbs and organs. Florence Nightingale nursingmedicineway Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts. Florence Nightingale nursingnurseart It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick that, second only to their need of fresh air, is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room and that it is not only light but direct sunlight they want. Florence Nightingale healthhurtdark 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. Florence Nightingale religiousmenthinking I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have. Florence Nightingale nursingsexypassion Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect. Florence Nightingale colorlightlittles I can expect no sympathy or help from my family. Florence Nightingale no-sympathymy-familyhelping I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small... Florence Nightingale nursingnurseopportunity The account he gives of nurses beats everything that even I know of. This young prophet says that they are all drunkards, without exception, Sisters and all, and that there are but two whom the surgeon can trust to give the patients their medicines. Florence Nightingale medicinetwoscience No woman has excited "passions" among women more than I have. Yet I leave no school behind me. Florence Nightingale excitedpassionschool The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service. Florence Nightingale religiousgodcharacter Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved. Florence Nightingale affection
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