There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

  • -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson 阿尔弗雷德,丁尼生勋爵

相信我,诚实的怀疑比一半的信条更有信仰。

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I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.

我想坦率、明确和毫无疑问地指出:我不认为任何种族、族裔或性别群体在合理判断方面具有优势。我相信每个人都有平等的机会成为一个好的和明智的法官,不管他们的背景或生活经验。

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.

如果你们的教义和信条给了我自由,我就不会攻击它们。如果他们认为危险——如果他们断言怀疑是一种犯罪,那么我就会对他们进行全面的攻击,因为他们奴役了人类的思想。

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

如果对我采取胁迫手段的人能通过辩论使我达到他的目的,毫无疑问,他会的。他假装要惩罚我,因为他的论据很充分;但他真的惩罚了我,因为他的论点站不住脚。

The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions.

我们这个时代的博物学家对海洋的奇迹也抱有同样的信念,但他们在海洋中寻找的不是明显的例外,而是大自然的链条。

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

意见会改变,举止会改变,信仰会起起落落,但是道德律法是写在永恒的桌子上的。

I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.

我只是有信心。它就在那里。没什么大不了的。