All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking offofmethodical procedure, an apparent fencing－in of what isapparentlyat issue.

　　人类的全部错误在于缺乏耐心,过早地打断系统化的程序,公然对明显有争议的问题下限制性的结论。

　　Biographyis： a system in which the contradictions of a humanlifeare unified.

　　传记是：把一个人生命中的矛盾冲突统一起来的一个体系。

　　Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degreemyconfidence init, and therefore makes me uneasy； and I am angrywithhim who makes me uneasy.

　　所有攻击我的信念的人都在某种程度上降低我对它的信心,因而使我感到不安；而我对使我不安的人感到气恼。

　　Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves orforothers. Pessimists are also people who think the human raceisbeneath their notice, that they＇re better than otherhumanbeings.

　　悲观主义者是对自己、对别人都不抱希望的人。悲观主义者还是那些觉得人类不值得关注,认为自己比其他人优秀的人。

　　Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as iftheywere adults； and the tactic of making sure they never reachthatstage.

　　放纵是像对待成人一样地对待孩子的原则,也是确信他们永远不能达到成人阶段的策略。

　　Small debts are like small shot； they are rattling on everyside,and can scarcely be escaped without a wound. Great debts arelikecannon； of loud noise, but little danger.

　　小额债务就像小子弹扫射,从四面八方擦身而过,人们很难毫发无损地逃离险境。大额债务就像炮轰,声音很大,但危险很小。

　　Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

　　迷信是习惯而不是信仰。

　　The only thing that＇s been a worse flop than the organizationofnonviolence has been the organization of violence.

　　比非暴力组织更糟的惟一的事情是暴力组织。

　　To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

　　有伟大的诗人,还要有伟大的听众。

　　Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves？

　　当小学生们行为不当的时候,为什么不鞭责老师呢？

　　Acting is a question of absorbing other people＇s personalitiesandadding some of your own experience.

　　表演就是借用别人的性格并加入你自己的经历。

　　I＇drather work with someone who＇s good at their job butdoesn＇tlikeme, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

　　我宁愿和不喜欢我但工作出色的人一起工作,而不愿和喜欢我但却是个白痴的人一起工作。（2002）