1. We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?
活著就是為了改變世界,難道還有其他原因嗎?
2. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
成為卓越的代名詞,很多人並不能適合需要傑出素質的環境。
3. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
領袖和跟風者的區別就在於創新。
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.
並不是每個人都需要種植自己的糧食,也不是每個人都需要做自己穿的衣服,我們說著別人發明的語言,使用別人發明的數學……我們一直在使用別人的成果。使用人類的已有經驗和知識來進行發明創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.
佛教中有一句話:初學者的心態;擁有初學者的心態是件了不起的事情。
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.
我們認為看電視的時候,人的大腦基本停止工作,打開電腦的時候,大腦才開始運轉。