"The devil made me do it" I have never made one of them do anything. They live their own lives. I do not live their lives for them.

"魔鬼逼我做的"我从来没有让他们中的一个做过任何事。他们过着自己的生活。我不是为他们而活。

A Sabbath well-spent brings a week of content.

一个过得好的安息日会带来一个星期的满足。

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.

婴儿是上帝认为世界应该继续存在的观点。

A belief is not true because it is useful.

信念之所以不真实，是因为它有用。

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

一个不容置疑的信仰不是信仰;这是迷信。

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

独身神职人员是一个特别好的主意，因为它倾向于抑制任何遗传的狂热倾向。

A deist is someone who has not lived long enough to become an atheist.

自然神论者是没有活到成为无神论者的人。

A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.

我们需要的是一个好的动机:没有教条主义的同情，没有复杂的哲学;只要理解他人是人类的兄弟姐妹，尊重他们的人权和尊严。我们人类能够互相帮助是我们人类特有的能力之一。

A maker of idols is never an idolater.

造偶像的，决不是拜偶像的。

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

一个人不能因为拒绝敬拜上帝而贬低上帝的荣耀，就像一个疯子不能因为在牢房的墙上草草写下“黑暗”这个词而熄灭太阳一样。

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.

一个人被教会接纳是因为他相信什么，而他被教会接纳是因为他知道什么。

A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.

一个人的呼召写在他真正的心里，当他进入他内心深处欲望的边界时，他就会发现它。

A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.

对下一个世界的关注，显然表明无法令人信服地应对这个世界。

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.

你说的是灵魂?把我的怀表给一个野人，他会认为它有灵魂。

A successful woman preacher was once asked "what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry?" "Not one," she answered, "except the lack of a minister's wife."

一位成功的女传道人曾被问到:“作为一名女传道人，你遇到过哪些特别的障碍?”“没有，”她回答，“除了没有一个牧师的妻子。”