The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

  • -- Saint Aurelius Augustine 圣奥勒留奥古斯丁

圣礼的精神美德就像光;它虽经过污秽之地,却未受污染。

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When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all those roles. Part of my spirituality, I always tell people, is to accept yourself for who you are.

年轻时,我瘦得像根栏杆。随着年龄的增长,我的体重增加了。在所有这些角色中,我一直爱着自己。我总是告诉人们,我的精神的一部分就是接受真实的自己。

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

诗歌的优点是能够在一半的时间里说两倍于散文的话,缺点是,如果你没有把全部的注意力放在诗歌上,那么你似乎在两倍的时间里说了一半的话。

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

我们生活的手段已经超过了我们生活的目的。我们的科学力量已经超过了我们的精神力量。我们有导弹和误入歧途的人。

Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.

美德和罪恶一样危险,因为它们被允许作为权威而不是作为一个人发展自己的品质来统治一个人。

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

神是应当称颂的。因为有信心的人,在黑暗中得着亮光,在患难中得着安慰。

You don't understand how much light you've got until the lights go out.

直到灯灭了,你才知道你有多少光。