Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.

语言不能很好地表达思想;每件事都立刻变得有点不同，有点扭曲，有点愚蠢。然而，一个人的价值和智慧在另一个人看来是毫无意义的，这似乎也令我高兴，而且似乎是对的。

You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.

你可以不同意别人的观点。你可以不同意他们的学说。你不可能不同意他们的经验。

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

你可以放心地假设你已经按照自己的形象创造了上帝，但事实证明，上帝恨所有和你一样的人。

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

只有相信自己，你才能相信上帝。

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

你不能同时尊崇上帝和你自己。

You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.

如果你想说服我，就得相信自己说的话。我就是不能打破那条规则，即使我想打破。

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

你可以用知识代替迷信，却不能满足驱使人们投入迷信怀抱的需要。

You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

不管牧师怎么说，你都必须相信上帝。

You take away whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light.

你从任何你能找到的地方拿走任何有用的东西，然后继续向光前进。

You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs.

你打开灯，就会发现各种各样的虫子。

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

你是神所造的，也是为神而造的，除非你明白这一点，否则生命将毫无意义。

Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.

你的信念将是你所看到的光，但它们不会成为你所看到的，也不会代替你所看到的。

Your worst day with Jesus is better than your best day without Him.

你和耶稣在一起最糟糕的日子比没有他的日子更好。

Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is.

禅是一种解脱的方式，不关心发现什么是好或坏或有利，而是什么是。

knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith.

知识是一种信仰，它对自己的绝对正确性深信不疑。