"I feel so strongly that this country is headed, fiscally,in a horrible direction, and for the first time in my adult life, we have a Congress that will not listen to the people, and we are fed up and we want them to listen to us."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

This is actually something very near and dear to my heart because I literally would not be doing what I do in life today had I not taken a couple of courses here, this one in particular, pass fail.

事实上，我是很关心的,因为今天我就不会站在这里,如果当初我没有这里上课的话，这门课，要么过要么挂科。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The question that has guided me whether it's in writing the book, whether it's in creating this class, " whether it's first and foremost my personal life is what I call "the question of the question", which is "how can we help ourselves and others, ?" individuals, communities and society become happier?"

那个指引了我的问题，不论是写书，还是开设这门课程，还是被我所称的“问题的问题，就是“我们如何能帮助自己和他人，个人，群体和社会变得更幸福“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

So, suppose you fall in love with somebody and you decide you want to marry them and then somebody was asked to ask you why and you'd say something like, " "Well, I'm ready to get married this stage of my life; " I really love the person; " the person is smart and attractive; I want to have kids" whatever.

假设你爱上了某人,想要与对方一同步入婚姻的殿堂,要是有人问你为什么想要与对方共度余生,你大概会说，“现在我已准备好要开始婚姻生活了;,或“我真心的爱着他;,或“他聪明有魅力;,“我想要小孩了“，等等。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选