In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.

  • -- Eli Stanley Jones 伊莱·斯坦利·琼斯

在普通的教堂里,它被体面所抑制,被一种想要表现得比我们实际更好的愿望所抑制。

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Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.

在我爷爷建他自己的教堂之前,我们去了邻近的城镇,那是一个白人社区。你知道,在北部,大部分是欧洲中部的人和印第安人,奇皮瓦印第安人。我们被欢迎去那个教堂,但是一旦我们进去,他们不知道该拿我们怎么办。

The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.

今天阻碍妇女解放的最大障碍是教会、正典法、圣经和祭司职任。

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

英雄是一个普通的人,他发现了力量,坚持和忍受,尽管压倒性的障碍。

On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment.

在沙滩上,你永远无法确定任何事情。一颗普通的子弹在最后一刻会有一个邪恶的偏转。

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

一个被允许不尊重父母的孩子不会真正尊重任何人。

The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.

白发苍苍的头上开始笼罩着一层体面的阴影。