1/15If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.如果A代表一个人的成功，那么A等于x加y加z。勤奋工作是x，y是娱乐，而z是把嘴闭上。2/15I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.我从不去想未来。因为它来得已经够快的了。3/15Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.智者解决问题，天才预防问题。4/15A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.一个从不犯错误的人，一定从来没有尝试过任何新鲜事物。5/15Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.只有利他的生活才是值得过的生活。6/15Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.万有引力可无法对坠入爱河的人负责。7/15Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.教育就是当一个人把在学校所学全部忘光之后剩下的东西。(爱氏自言引述某前人的话)8/15Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.人生就像骑单车。想保持平衡就得往前走。9/15Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.科学是个美妙的东西——如果无须靠它维生的话。10/15The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.我们不能用制造问题时的同一水平思维来解决问题。11/15It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.要打破人的偏见比崩解一个原子还难。12/15It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.我并不是很聪明，我只是和问题相处得比较久一点。13/15Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.常识就是人到十八岁为止所累积的各种偏见。14/15Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.精神错乱： 一遍又一遍地重复作同一件事却期待会有不同的结果。15/15Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius— and a lot of courage— to move in the opposite direction.任何一个有智力的笨蛋都可以把事情搞得更大，更复杂，也更激烈。往相反的方向前进则需要天份，以及很大的勇气。
