If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

如果你想成为一个真正的真理探索者，你一生中至少有一次必须尽可能地怀疑所有的事情。

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

无知总比错误好，相信错误的人与不相信任何事情的人相比，离真理更近。

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions

在任何文化、亚文化或家庭中，信仰高于思想，自我克制高于自我表现，一致性高于正直，那些保持自尊的人很可能是英勇的例外

In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts.

同样地，如果我在没有充分证据的情况下让自己相信任何事情，那么仅仅相信一件事也许并没有什么大的害处;也许这是真的，也许我永远没有机会在外表上表现出来。

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

尽管如此，我仍然相信人的内心是善良的。我不能把我的希望建立在混乱、痛苦和死亡的基础上。

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 end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

最后，这是我的信念，文字是唯一可以构建一个有意义的世界的东西。

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

在后一种情况下，生命建立在一千种假设的基础上，而个人永远无法追溯这些假设的起源并加以验证;但他必须凭信心和信心接受。

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 has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

我一直认为，一个人应该尽他最大的努力，不管他的服务得到多少报酬，不管他服务的人数或服务的阶层。

It is hard to imagine the things you have never seen.

很难想象你从未见过的东西。

It is my belief that Good Governance based on integrity and careful managment of country's natural resources eliminates poverty.

我的信念是，以诚信和对国家自然资源的认真管理为基础的良好治理可以消除贫困。

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

我相信，你需要知道的关于世界的一切都可以在教堂唱诗班学到。

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.

确信我们是对的并不是偏执;但是，如果我们无法想象我们可能会如何出错，那就是偏执。

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

现在是生活而不是艺术需要人们心甘情愿地停止怀疑。