There's only enough of them to fill a decent sized dining room, but they call themselves the "town meeting."

人数刚够坐满一间小饭馆而已，但他们却称之为“镇民大会“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The desire not to oppress others may be decent but at the same time the people have to be taught or educated how to defend their liberty.

不愿意压迫别人这挺不错,但与此同时仍需要教导人们,怎样去守卫他们的自由。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选