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.

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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

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Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will come ... when every poor sick person will have the opportunity of a share in a district sick-nurse at home.

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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary nevertheless to lay down such a principle.

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The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

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Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.

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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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Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

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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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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.

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