The only relationship that will work with humans is perhaps one in which there is a balance between unchecked independence and blind obedience, And God seems to find that relationship with Jacob.

唯一与人类建立的有效关系也许是,存在着某一平衡的关系,不受遏制的独立与盲目信仰之间的平衡，上帝好像在雅各布那里找到了这种关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And today you wonder if there could be a Cornel West.

今天你会想也许科内尔，韦斯特就因此而不存在了。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Well, maybe I did imagine a world in which the Morning Star exists and the Evening Star doesn't exist, but maybe imagining doesn't mean it's possible.

或许我想象这一个,晨星存在,但昏星不存在的世界,但也许想象并不表示可能

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And then perhaps the right thing to say is the person no longer exists, so they no longer exist as a person, even if the body is still alive.

也许正确的说法应该是,这个人已经不存在了，他们作为人的身份已经消失，即便肉体还是活着的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选