He verges on whimsy at times, and there are purple patches: “A russet moon rose tonight, its reflection in the shattered lake ice like a blood-red Host on a wounded altar.”

他总会萌生些奇妙的念头，附上辞藻华丽的句子：“今夜，一轮黄褐色明月升起，倒影在破冰的湖面，就像那破败祭坛上血红的圣人。”

Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, honoring the tiny nun who cared for the world’s most destitute and holding her up as a model for the Catholic Church.

周日，教皇宣布封特蕾莎修女为圣人，作为对这位关怀全世界极端贫困人口的修女的认可，将她作为天教堂的典范。

The teacher for the advanced class was a spunky woman named Imogene Hill, known as “Teddy, ” and she became, Jobs said, “one of the saints of my life.”

教高级课程的是一名干劲十足的女教师伊莫金·希尔，人称“泰迪”，用乔布斯的话说，她成为了“我生命中的圣人之一”。

Many centuries ago, Saint Augustine, a saint of my church, wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love — defined by the common objects of their love.

许多世纪以前，圣奥古斯丁教堂的圣人写道，人是由他们对爱的共同特征而定义。

They named their child after the saint.

他们用圣人的名字来给他们的孩子命名。

Here you'll find some of Dubrovnik's finest architectural treasures such Sponza Palace, and Saint Blaise Church, which honors the city's patron saint and protector.

这里屹立着杜布罗夫尼克最超卓的建筑瑰宝，例如斯彭扎宫，和圣布莱斯教堂，教堂向市圣人和守护者致敬。

But there are none greater than St Mark's Basilica, a treasure house of holy relics, from the body of St Mark, to a lock of The Virgin Mary's hair.

其中最伟大的莫过于圣马可大教堂，其有从圣马可遗骸到圣母玛利亚头发等圣人遗物。

Why? Because it was about a sinner, not a saint.

为什么呢？因为这一切和一个罪人有关，而不是一个圣人。

Much like this Sage, we are here to make an impact on our communities and on the world, don't get me wrong.

和这位圣人一样，我们在这里是为了对我们的社区和世界产生影响，不要误会我的意思。

But instead, they were now attributed to the spirits of the saints.

并且被认为是延续了圣人的精神。

The logic was that naming a child after a saint would offer additional protection.

这样做的逻辑是，用圣人的名字给孩子命名会提供额外的护。

For though King was a great man, he was not a saint.

因为虽然金是一个伟人，但他不是圣人。

But these marks will fit a future saint like you.

但这些伤痕符合你未来圣人的身份。

As fascinating, if not more so, than those of saints and kings.

精彩程度绝不亚于那些圣人和王公。

The sage's mind uses its formlessness to grow to the size of an ocean.

圣人的大脑利用它的无形而成长为海洋的大小。

Three years later, he was made a saint.

三年后，贝克特被奉为圣人。

And the new Pope Francis began talking up the environment, just like his saintly namesake.

新的弗兰西斯大教开始宣讲环境护，就像和他同名同姓的圣人一样。

Today, Nizamuddin remains one of South Asia's most admired Sufi saints.

今天，尼扎穆丁仍然是南亚最受尊敬的苏菲派圣人之一。

No, he's not weird! He's a saint!

不 他正常得很 他是个圣人！

He fell, in his saintlike beauty, Asleep by the gates of light.

他倒下了，在他圣人一般的美中倚着光芒之门睡去了。