When you see the natural and almost universal craving in English sick for their 'tea,' you cannot but feel that nature knows what she is about. ... A little tea or coffee restores them. ... There is nothing yet discovered which is a substitute to the English patient for his cup of tea.
Florence Nightingaledo not engage in any paper wars. You will convince nobody and arrive at no satisfaction yourself.
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 NightingaleSublime in the highest style of intellectual beauty, intellect without effort, without suffering... not a feature is correct – but the whole effect is more expressive of spiritual grandeur than anything I could have imagined. It makes the impression upon one that thousands of voices do, uniting in one unanimous simultaneous feeling of enthusiasm or emotion, which is said to overcome the strongest man.
Florence Nightingale