First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

首先告诉自己你想成为什么样的人;然后做你必须做的。

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned.

因为一个想法一旦流行起来就是不祥的预兆，因为它以后一定会过时。

For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.

对许多人来说，不成熟是一种理想，而不是一种缺陷。

For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. Whereas what you mentally or "consciously" desire is nine times out of ten impossible; hitch your wagon to a star, or you will just stay where you are.

因为头脑在可能性中工作，直觉在现实中工作，而你的直觉所渴望的，对你来说是可能的。而你内心或“有意识”的渴望十有八九是不可能的;胸怀大志，否则你将原地踏步。

Go put your creed into the deed,Nor speak with double tongue.

你要将你的信立在行为上，也不要说恶言。

Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

当心因崇高的理想而跳动时，它是最坚强的。

However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧。不要麻烦自己去找新的东西，无论是衣服还是朋友。万物不变，是我们在变。卖掉你的衣服，保留你的思想。

However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

然而，一个人不能把一夸脱放在一品脱的杯子里。

I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.

我不得不认为，如果人类能够使自己熟悉这样一种观念，即他们是一段时间内与肉体结合的灵魂，而灵魂又是一段时间内与肉体结合的灵魂，那将是一大步。

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

我强调自尊、自信和尊严，不是作为一种理想，而是作为对社区组织的真正考验。没有领导力的发展，社区组织就没有后劲。

I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal - in this case, the ideal of the pirate - and then becomes something that's more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be.

我更尊重那些指向自己理想的人——在这个例子中，就是海盗的理想——然后变得比海盗更激进、更令人兴奋、更具颠覆性。

I have my values, and if you don't like them, well I've got some others.

我有自己的价值观，如果你不喜欢，我还有其他的价值观。

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

我并不担心我们实验的结果会是，人们可以被信任在没有主人的情况下管理自己。

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

我必须坚持我的理想，因为也许有一天我能实现这些理想。

I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.

我想要一个忙碌的生活，一个公正的思想，和一个及时的死亡。