We've got equal periods of suffering and doing slightly better and slightly better and slightly better equal periods of success and suffering.

两种生命所承受的痛苦相等,这种生命是变得越来越好,两种生命的成功和痛苦都相等。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Sometimes we're holding onto misery or anger or whatever it is You really have to be prepared to be courageous and return to your breath instead of letting feelings like that overcome you.

好像不情愿放开,我们的痛苦和愤怒,你确实要准备好,要勇敢，并回归到呼吸上,而不被恶劣的情绪压倒。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

There you are at the pearly gates and you look back on your life and you could, in principle, add up all the pleasures, add up all the pains, subtract the pains from the pleasures and ask yourself, "How good a life did I have?

当你站在天堂门口回顾一生时,你可以，在原则上，累加所有快乐，累加所有痛苦，从快乐中减去痛苦然后问自己，“我的一生到底有多好？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选