To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.

更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Again whether you agree or not with the project is beside the point,it was the greatest,positively speaking, scientific project in history where the minds got together.

无论你是否同意这计划,积极来说，它都是最伟大的计划，聚集起了最优秀的人才。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Let me read you a quick excerpt by Abraham Maslow who talks about this approach, "If one took a course or picked up a book on the psychology of learning, most of it, in my opinion, would be beside the point - that is, beside the 'humanistic' point.

我来给你们读一小段Abraham，Maslow的话，“如果有人上了一门关于心理学学习的课，或者看了一本这方面的书，大部分内容，在我看来，是与重点无关的-,也就是，与人性无关。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选