1. We're here to put a dent¹ in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?
活着就是为了改变世界，难道还有其他原因吗？

2. Be a yardstick² of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence³ is expected.
成为卓越的代名词，很多人并不能适合需要杰出素质的环境。

3. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower⁴.
领袖和跟风者的区别就在于创新。

4. You know, we don't grow most of the food we eat. We wear clothes other people make. We speak a language that other people developed. We use a mathematics that other people evolved... I mean, we're constantly taking things. It's a wonderful, ecstatic feeling to create something that puts it back in the pool of human experience and knowledge.
并不是每个人都需要种植自己的粮食，也不是每个人都需要做自己穿的衣服，我们说着别人发明的语言，使用别人发明的数学……我们一直在使用别人的成果。使用人类的已有经验和知识来进行发明创造是一件很了不起的事情。”

5. There's a phrase in Buddhism⁵, 'Beginner's mind.' It's wonderful to have a beginner's mind.
佛教中有一句话：初学者的心态；拥有初学者的心态是件了不起的事情。

6. We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.
我们认为看电视的时候，人的大脑基本停止工作，打开电脑的时候，大脑才开始运转。

7. I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year... It's very character-building.
我是我所知道的唯一一个在一年中失去2.5亿美元的人……这对我的成长很有帮助。

8. I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.
我愿意用我所有的科技去换取和苏格拉底相处的一个下午。

9. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
成就一番伟业的唯一途径就是热爱自己的事业。如果你还没能找到让自己热爱的事业，继续寻找，不要放弃。跟随自己的心，总有一天你会找到的。

10. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
你的时间有限，所以不要为别人而活。不要被教条所限，不要活在别人的观念里。不要让别人的意见左右自己内心的声音。最重要的是，勇敢的去追随自己的心灵和直觉，只有自己的心灵和直觉才知道你自己的真实想法，其他一切都是次要。