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Surely we may with reverence say that, in a true and deep sense, God Himself is the answer to prayer.

Caroline Stephen

True inward quietness is not that which may be produced by shutting out all outward causes of distraction -- a process which, when carried out too severely, may intensify the inward ferment of the mind, especially in the young. It is rather a state of stable equilibrium; it is not vacancy, but stability -- the steadfastness of a single purpose.

Caroline Stephen

Words may help and silence may help, but the one thing needful is that the heart should turn to its Maker as the needle turns to the pole. For this we must be still.

Caroline Stephen

Nothing, I believe, can really teach us the nature and meaning of inspiration but personal experience of it. That we may all have such experience if we will but attend to the divine influences in our own hearts, is the cardinal doctrine of Quakerism.

Caroline Stephen

Caroline Stephen

Caroline Stephen

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Born: December 8, 1834

Died: April 7, 1909 (aged 74)

Bio: Caroline Emelia Stephen or Milly Stephen was a British philanthropist and a writer on Quakerism. Her niece was Virginia Woolf.

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Quaker strongholds (1890)
French History for English Children (1882)

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