Let me just be a hedonist, trying to enjoy my life as much as possible.

倒不如做个享乐主义者，尽情享受生活。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And in so far as it is possible for me, to try to preempt what that impact or effect might be in the sense of trying to figure out whether or not it will have an impact on you and what it might be.

只要有可能，我就会通过自己对诗歌的感受,来试图推断这首诗,是否会对读者产生冲击，会产生怎样的冲击。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

When I am trying to be and was first illuminated for me by figures like Dorothy Day is what Allah tells us in the holy Koran, which is that he made us to be his Abus and Khalifah his servants and representatives on earth.

当我试图成为,并且第一次受到,像Dorothy，Day这样的人物的启示时,那是阿拉在神圣的《可兰经》中告诉我们的，他说，他让我们成为阿布和哈里发,做他在这个世界的仆人和使者。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选