There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

  • -- Robert G. Ingersoll 格索

当人们在天上崇拜暴君的时候,地球上就不会有什么自由了。

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Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.

每一种治疗方法,更重要的是,任何笨拙地试图向病人表明真相的尝试,都会使他从摆脱责任的摇篮中挣脱出来,因此必须面对最激烈的抵抗。

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.

无论在我的生活中还是在我的绘画中,我都可以很好地没有上帝,但我不能,尽管我很痛苦,没有比我更伟大的东西,那就是我的生命,创造的力量。

I have known many good people who did not believe in God. But I have never known a human being who was good who did not believe in people. [language slightly modified]

我认识许多不信上帝的好人。但我从未见过一个好人不相信人。(语言稍微修改)

In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

在敬拜中,一种增加的力量偷偷进入心灵的圣殿,一种增加的同情在灵魂中成长。敬拜就是改变。

I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.

我寻求一个更深层次的真理,但我不认为我必须去一个指定的礼拜场所才能找到它。

Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain.

没有学习的自由总是危险的,没有自由的学习总是徒劳的。