I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
Florence NightingaleGo into a room where the shutters are always shut (in a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut), and though the room be uninhabited-though the air has never been polluted by the breathing of human beings, you will observe a close, musty smell of corrupt air-of air unpurified by the effect of the sun's rays.
Florence NightingaleLittle 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 NightingaleLet whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?
Florence Nightingale