The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.

你变得虔诚的第一个迹象是你变得快乐。

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

找到真理的上帝的第一步，是发现关于我自己的真理。如果我犯了错误，找到真理的第一步就是发现我的错误。

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

祷告的功能不是影响神，而是改变祷告者的本性。

The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.

未来属于活在当下的人。

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

未来就像上帝的应许一样光明。

The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God.

上帝的荣耀是一个充满活力的人;活着就在于看到上帝。

The glory of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good.

神的荣耀既能创造善，也能毁灭恶。

The god can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god.

没有他的人民，上帝就不能存在，正如没有他的上帝，国家就不能存在一样。

The gods - if they existed - detested happiness.

上帝——如果存在的话——厌恶幸福。

The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.

诸神在一旁看着，却懒洋洋地打着哈欠。

The gods have become our diseases.

神已经成为我们的疾病。

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

诸神喜悦忏悔的罪人。

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

诸神将理性植入人类，在所有美好的礼物中，它是最高的。

The gods too are fond of a joke.

众神也喜欢开玩笑。

The gods use their chosen hard, but reveal little to them.

众神竭力使用他们所拣选的，却很少向他们显明。