You know, one of the things that I say and only half ingest, is that I know of no more selfish act and a benevolent act.

我说到的一件事，只说了一半意思，即最自私的所为就是善举。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

If you have a cold, try to get away from your own selfish perspective, "I have a cold." Look at it from the perspective of the cold virus.

如果你感冒了，试图摆脱掉你自私的角度，我感冒了，从病毒的角度看问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Reopen no old wounds. Be as if you had never returned and looked in to me to see my laboring humilities, my few scrubbed pennies, hungry to grab, quick to deprive, sullen, unloved, mean-minded son of my flesh. Son! Son!"

不要再来碰我的伤疤，像你从前没有回来看过我似的,来看我的辛苦和谦卑，看我被掏得一干二净的钱袋，饿了抢，急了打，我亲生的没有感情，冷酷自私的儿子！“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You're an indignant angel, so you have the payoffs that are still there and you're playing against an evil git, which is the payoffs we covered up but we'll reproduce them.

你是愤怒天使,你的收益还是这些,你要和自私鬼博弈,他的收益被档上了,我再重新写一下

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选