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.

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.

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.

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

We set the treatment of bodies so high above the treatment of souls, that the physician occupies a higher place in society than the school-master.

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

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.