A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
信仰
Faith
There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.
在信仰的飞跃中没有什么是反知识分子的,因为信仰不是没有证据就相信,而是毫无保留地信任。
Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
信仰可以是非常非常危险的,故意把它植入一个无辜孩子脆弱的心灵是一个严重的错误。
The way to an ordinary marriage is the path of least resistance. If you want an extraordinary marriage, you will have to choose it.
通往普通婚姻的道路是阻力最小的道路。如果你想要一段非凡的婚姻,你必须选择它。
A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might: Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.
一个王子可以有一个系着腰带的骑士,一个侯爵,一个公爵,还有一个。但是一个诚实的人是靠他的力量的:凭他的信心,他是不会得逞的。
The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.
圣经说得很清楚,每一个关于信仰的故事,都是完全原创的。上帝的创造天才是无穷无尽的。
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
如果你的信仰与经验相悖,与人类的学习和探索相悖,那么它就不值得你用呼吸来表达它。
I'm at the borderline of my faith, I'm at the hinterland of my devotion. In the frontline of this battle of mine but I'm still alive.
我在我信仰的边缘,我在我奉献的腹地。在我战斗的前线,但我还活着。
Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
信仰意味着发生什么都不重要。你可以相信有人在看。相信有人会没事的。
But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe.
但是,我必须把我所有的希望和恐惧都交给压倒一切的天意,尽管这种天意的信仰也许并不流行,但我坚信它是正确的。
Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.
经过一夜的怀疑,我们得到的信心是更强大的东西,比从未经受过考验的信心对我们更有价值。
Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'! Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath, He's stampin', and he's jumpin'!
听听他是怎样用“砰砰砰”的一声,把信仰的要点一笔勾销!时而温顺平静,时而狂怒,他在跺脚,他在跳!
To many people, free will is a license to rebel not against what is unjust or hard in life but against what is best for them and true.
对许多人来说,自由意志是一种许可证,它不是反抗生活中不公平或艰难的事情,而是反抗对他们来说最好、最真实的事情。
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沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.
信仰不是相信上帝会做你想做的事。它是相信上帝会做正确的事。
If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.
如果你活得快乐,使别人因神欢喜,你的生活就会艰难,你的风险就会很高,你的喜乐就会充满。
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
信仰是逃避责任的最佳借口,是逃避思考和评估证据的最佳借口。信仰就是尽管缺乏证据,甚至可能因为缺乏证据而产生的信仰。
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
追随内心的喜悦,宇宙会在原本只有墙壁的地方为你打开门。
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
不可忘记的是,我们所谓的信仰的理性基础,往往是为我们的本能辩护的极度非理性的尝试。
What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.
你所做的事情很重要,但并不重要。你是什么非常重要。