But frankly, I'm convinced, insofar as I'm convinced of anything, that if one doesn't live by that, nothing of any interest is going to happen.

不过，坦率来讲，我相信，或者说，我确信，如果一个人不相信这一点，那么他的艺术创作只会平淡无奇。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The algebra is, of course, very trivial here.

这些数字本身当然是平凡无奇

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Certainly it seems more and more clear that what we call "normal" in psychology is really a psychopathology of the average, so undramatic and so widely spread " that we don't even notice it ordinarily."

显然，我们平常称之为'正常'的东西“,在心理学上，实际是种大众精神病理，看上去平平无奇却又非常广泛,我们甚至没有注意到它“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选