1. We're here to put a dent 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 yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence 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 follower.
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 Buddhism, '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。
（解读：十几年来，世界各地的书店里涌现出海量的关于历史人物的书籍。这些人物包括苏格拉底、达芬奇、哥白尼、达尔文以及爱因斯坦成为人们灵感的灯塔，而苏格拉底排在第一位。西塞罗评价苏格拉底说：“他把哲学从高山仰止高高在上的学科变得与人休戚相关。”把苏格拉底的原则运用到你的生活、工作、学习以及人际关系上吧，这不是关于苏格拉底，这是关于你自己，以及关于你如何给你每天的生活带来更多的真善美。）
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。
11.Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new。
死亡很可能是唯一的、最好的生命创造。它是生命的促变者。它送走老一代，给新一代开出道路。
12.If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next。
你如果出色地完成了某件事，那你应该再做一些其他的精彩事儿。不要在前一件事上徘徊太久，想想接下来该做什么。
13.Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me。
是否能成为墓地里最富有的人，对我而言无足轻重。重要的是，当我晚上睡觉时，我可以说：我们今天完成了一些美妙的事。
14.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose。
谨记自己总会死去，是让自己避免陷入“人生有所失”思考的最佳方法。
15.Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.…Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice。
你的时间有限，不要浪费于重复别人的生活。不要让别人的观点淹没了你内心的声音。
16.Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary。
要有勇气追随心声，听从直觉--它们在某种程度上知道你想成为的样子。其他事情都是其次的。
17.Life is brief, and then you die, you know?
人生短暂，过着过着你就没了，明白嚒？
18.You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new。
你不能只问顾客要什么，然后想法子给他们做什么。等你做出来，他们已经另有新欢了。
