In heaven all the interesting people are missing.

在天堂里所有有趣的人都不见了。

In order to know who you are you need to know God is.

为了知道你是谁，你需要知道上帝是谁。

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen.

在科学领域，科学家们经常会说，‘你知道这是一个很好的论点;我的立场是错误的’，然后他们就会改变主意，你就再也听不到他们的旧观点了。他们真的做到了。它不会发生。

In the beginning God created man in his own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.

起初，上帝按照自己的形象创造了人，从那以后，人类一直在努力报答上帝的恩惠。

In the beginning man created God; and in the image of man created he him.

起初人创造了神;他照着人的形像造人。

In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do -- not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty.

在不同信仰相遇的背景下，我们需要把我们实际的信仰如何塑造我们所做的事情浮出水面——而不是简单地同意善良比残忍更好。

In the desert, the only god is a well.

在旷野，独一的神是井。

Intelligence with deity can lead to greatness; Intelligence without deity, partners with the twins, ignorance and arrogance.

与神同在的智慧能导致伟大;智慧没有神，伙伴与双胞胎，无知和傲慢。

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

看到一个美丽的花园，而不必相信花园的底部也有仙女，难道这还不够吗?

It hurts so badly when you grow up and understand that everything you believed in and devoted yourself were just fallacy and stupidity.

当你长大了，明白你所信仰和奉献的一切都是谬论和愚蠢的时候，你会感到非常痛苦。

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

当一个人觉得自己配得上自己，并声称与创造他的伟大的上帝是亲戚时，要使他感到痛苦是很困难的。

It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they disagree, not more than one of them can be true.

从逻辑上看，很明显，既然他们意见不一致，其中不可能有一个以上是正确的。

It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.

这不是我们想做什么就做什么。而是做上帝说的事。

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。

It is not very romantic, but reality is a better basis for building a relationship than fantasizing about a soul mate or counting on a god to find you a partner.

这不是很浪漫，但现实是建立关系的更好基础，而不是幻想灵魂伴侣或指望上帝为你找到伴侣。