The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.

要面对的问题是:如何把对自己传统的忠诚与对不同传统的尊重结合起来。

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

政教分离的目的，是要永远把几个世纪以来浸透欧洲土地的无休止的冲突，从这些海岸上清除出去。

The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.

福音的目的是使坏人变得善良，好人变得更好，并改变人性。

The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.

死后生命的真正问题不是它是否存在，而是即使它确实解决了这个问题。

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

人们用十字架来对付吸血鬼是因为吸血鬼对屁话过敏。

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

把宇宙缩小到一个单一的存在，把一个单一的存在扩大到上帝，这就是爱。

The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.

虔诚人的冷酷无情使他们对美德的要求无效。

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a horse-hair put into a bottle of water will turn into a snake.

任何向神学屈服的科学家，无论多么微不足道，都是在向无知和虚假的伪装屈服，就像他肯定地承认把一根马毛放进一瓶水里就会变成一条蛇一样。

The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.

佛教的秘密在于去除所有的思想，所有的概念，以便真理有机会渗透，展现自己。

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

一个好的讲道的秘诀是有一个好的开始和一个好的结尾，然后让两者尽可能地接近。

The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.

我的家庭故事随着出纳员的改变而改变。

The supernatural is not as it claims, for it is inherently unnatural; it seeks to separate us from our natural world.

超自然并不像它声称的那样，因为它本质上是不自然的;它试图把我们从自然世界中分离出来。

The test for a prophet is in the Bible. It is this. "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken."

对先知的考验是在圣经里。它是这样的。先知奉耶和华的名说话、若不随从、也不成就、这就是耶和华所没有说的。

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health, and power.

实践无神论的三大使徒，他们使人皈依而不迫害人，保留他们而不传道，他们是财富、健康和权力。

The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.

当神的麻烦在于你没有人可以祷告。