He started out by observing that all of us, all human beings are governed by two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure.

边沁通过观察得出，所有人类均受两大至高无上的因素所支配：,痛苦与快乐。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Obviously, if the balance of pleasure over pain is positive, that's better than zero.

显然如果快乐减痛苦是正的，即比零大。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And then we contribute to this great deception and it is this great deception that leads to the great depression-- the great depression in the ultimate currency of happiness.

就这样我们帮忙壮大了这个大骗局,正是这个大骗局导致严重的抑郁-,严重的抑郁是快乐付出的终极代价。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I want them to say that "there was somebody who lay bare, not just argument vision, The joy that he finds in being human, the joy he finds in sharing, the joy he finds in interacting, the common response, which is descent from black culture.

我想要听他们说：,“他是个揭露自己灵魂的人，而不是大谈道理“,作为人所得到的快乐，在分享和互动中所得到的快乐，从黑人文化中所衍生出来的“共鸣感”

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

We all seek our own interests and soon we join up with a family, we want the family's interest up to a point, but how is this fit together with the needs of the community at large?

起初我们自寻欢愉,不久,我们组建了家庭,从某种程度上讲,我们想要家庭带来的快乐,但如何能更大程度的,满足社会的需求来组建起家庭呢

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选