And my own belief is when you are not in command ; when you are humble before the thing; frankly, only then, is anything of any interest is going to happen in the arts.

我的信念是，只有当你失去了话语权,当你在艺术作品前谦卑时;,坦率地讲，只有这时，你的作品中,才会有奇迹发生。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

My belief in books had risen more out of a sense of desperation than from my abiding conviction of their ultimate value.

我对书的信仰更多的是来自一种绝望,而非我对其本质的长期依赖，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In other words, my belief-- and I am going to back that up with research today and for the next semester-- is human nature is fixed.

换言之，那是我相信的观点-,我会用三个研究加以证明，从今天开始,直到下个学期-,人类本性是固有的。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And it's precisely for this reason that at least the soul, belief in the soul, combined with the soul theory of personal identity holds out the possibility of surviving my death.

就因为这个原因,至少灵魂，相信灵魂，在加上灵魂理论的人格同一性,建立起我不死的可能性。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选