I have said that the soul is not more than the body,

And I have said that the body is not more than the soul,

And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's self is,

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud,

And I or you pocketless of a dime may purchase the pick of the earth,

And to glance with an eye or show a bean in its pod confounds the learning of all times,

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero,

And there is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheel'd universe,

And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God,

For I who am curious about each am not curious about God,

(No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God and about death.)

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least,

Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.

Why should I wish to see God better than this day?

I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,

In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass,

I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name,

And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe'er I go,

Others will punctually come for ever and ever.

我曾经说过灵魂并不优于肉体，

我也说过肉体并不优于灵魂，

对于一个人来说，没有什么东西——包括上帝在内——比他自己更重大，

无论谁如心无同情地走过咫尺的路程便是穿着尸衣在走向自己的坟墓，

我或你钱囊中空无所有的人也可以购买地球上的精品，

用眼睛一瞥，或指出豆荚中的一粒豆，就可以胜过古往今来的学问，任何一种行业，青年人都可以借之成为一个英雄。

任何一件柔软的物质都可以成为旋转着的宇宙的中心。

我对任何男人或女人说：让你的灵魂冷静而镇定地站立在百万个宇宙之前。

我也对人类说：关于上帝不要寻根究底，因为我这个对于一切都好奇的人并不想知道上帝是什么东西，（没有言词能形容我对上帝和死是如何漠然。）

我在每一件事物之中都听见和看见了上帝，但仍一点也不理解上帝，

我也不能理解还能有谁比我自己更为奇异。

为什么我还希望要比今天更清楚地看见上帝呢？

我在二十四小时的每一小时甚至每一瞬间，都看见了上帝的一部分，

在男人和女人的脸上，在镜子里面的我自己的脸上，我看见上帝，

在大街上我得到上帝掷下的书信，每一封信都有上帝的签名，

但我把这些信留在原来的地方，因为我知道不管我到哪里。

永远将有别的信如期到来。