1. 我们目下的当务之急是：一要生存，二要温饱，三要发展。

1. Our current top priorities are: first, to survive; second, to have a decent livelihood; and third, to develop.

2. 空谈之类，是谈不久，也谈不出什麽来的，它始终被事实的镜子照出原形，拖出尾巴而去。

2. Empty talk of that sort doesn't last long, and it doesn't lead to much either. It is always exposed to the mirror of facts, revealing its true form, and then it drags its tail away.

3. 待我成尘时，你将见我的微笑。

3. When I have turned to dust, you will see my smile.

4. 当我沉默着的时候，我觉得充实；我将开口，同时感到空虚。

4. When I am silent, I feel fulfilled; when I open my mouth, I feel empty.

5. 从喷泉里出来的都是水，从血管里出来的都是血。

5. What comes out of a fountain is water, and what comes out of a blood vessel is blood.

6. 必须敢于正视，这才可望敢想、敢说、敢做、敢当。

6. One must dare to face it, only then can one dare to think, speak, act, and take responsibility.

7. 哪里有天才，我是把别人喝咖啡的工夫都用在了工作上了。

7. Where there is genius, I have devoted the time others spend drinking coffee to work.

8. 当我沉默的时候，我觉得充实；我将开口，同时感到空虚。

8. When I am silent, I feel fulfilled; when I open my mouth, I feel empty.

9. 巨大的建筑，总是一木一石叠起来，我们何尝做做这一木一石呢？我时常做些零碎事，就是为此。

9. The massive buildings are always constructed one wood and one stone at a time. Why don't we do this one wood and one stone? I often do some trivial tasks for this very reason.

10. 事实是毫无情面的东西，它能将空言打得粉碎。

10. The fact is a faceless thing, capable of shattering idle talk into pieces.

11. 其实地上本没有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。

11. In fact, there was no path on the ground at first; it became a path because people walked on it.

12. 有缺点的战士终究是战士，宝贵的苍蝇也终究不过是苍蝇。

12. A soldier with flaws is still a soldier, and a precious fly is still just a fly.

13. 凡是总须研究，才会明白。

13. Everything needs to be studied in order to understand it.

14. 使一个人的有限的生命，更加有效，也即等于延长了人的生命。

14. To make a person's finite life more effective, which is equivalent to extending a person's life.

15. 我们中国人对于不是自己的东西，或者将不为自己所有的东西，总要破坏了才快活的。

15. We Chinese people always find joy in destroying things that do not belong to us or that we will not own.

16. 贪安稳就没有自由，要自由就要历些危险。只有这两条路。

16. There is no freedom without seeking stability, and in order to achieve freedom, one must undergo some dangers. There are only these two paths.

17. 我寄你的信，总要送往邮局，不喜欢放在街边的绿色邮筒中，我总疑心那里会慢一点。

17. I always send your letters to the post office, not liking to put them in the green mailboxes on the street. I always have a suspicion that they might take a bit longer that way.

18. 愈艰难，就愈要做。改革，是向来没有一帆风顺的。

18. The more difficult it is, the more one should do it. Reform has never been smooth sailing in the past.

19. 若举世唯科学是崇，则人生必将归于枯寂。

19. If science alone is revered by the whole world, then human life must inevitably return to desolation and emptiness.

20. 时间就是，无端地空耗别人的时间，无异于谋财害命。

20. Time is, to squander others' time for no reason is no different from committing financial fraud and taking lives.

21. 做一件事，无论大小，倘无恒心，是很不好的。

21. It is very bad to lack perseverance in doing something, no matter how big or small it is.

22. 我之所谓生存，并不是苟活，所谓温饱，不是奢侈，所谓发展，也不是放纵。

22. What I mean by survival is not merely to exist in a state of subsistence; what I mean by being well-fed is not luxury; what I mean by development is not indulgence.

23. 只要从来如此，便是宝贝。

23. As long as it has always been like this, it is a treasure.

24. 只要能培一朵花，就不妨做做会朽的腐草。

24. As long as one can cultivate a flower, there is no harm in being like the decaying grass that will eventually rot.

25. 小的时候，不把他当人，大了以后也做不了人。

25. When a child is not treated as a person in their youth, they will also be unable to act like a person when they grow up.

26. 一件事，无论大小，倘无恒心，是很不好的。而看一切太难，固然能使人无成，但若看得太容易，也能使事情无结果。

26. Whether a matter is big or small, it is very bad if there is no perseverance. While it is true that seeing everything as too difficult can prevent one from achieving anything, seeing things too easily can also lead to no result.

27. 心事浩茫连广宇，于无声处听惊雷。

27. The heart's concerns are boundless, connecting the vast universe; in the silent moments, one listens to the thunderous roar.

28. 时间就像海绵里的水，只要愿挤，总还是有的。

28. Time is like water in a sponge; as long as you're willing to squeeze, there's always some to be found.

29. 节省时间，也就是使一个人的有限的生命，更加有效，而也即等于延长了人的生命。

29. Saving time, that is, making a person's finite life more effective, is equivalent to extending one's life.

30. 有一伟大的男子站在我面前，美丽，慈祥，遍身有大光辉，然而我知道他是魔鬼。

30. A great man stands before me, beautiful and kind, radiating with great brilliance, yet I know he is the devil.

31. 人类总不会寂寞，以为生命是进步的，是天生的。

31. Humans will never be lonely, as they believe life is progressive and innate.

32. 文人作文，农人掘锄，本是平平常常的，若照相之际，文人偏要装做粗人，玩什么“荷锄带笠图”；农夫则在柳下捧一本书，装作“深柳读书图”之类，就要令人肉麻。

32. Writing essays is a common activity for scholars, and digging with a hoe is a routine task for farmers. However, if they pose for a photograph, scholars might pretend to be rough and engage in something like the "Carrying Hoe with a Straw Hat" scene; while farmers might hold a book under a willow tree, pretending to be the "Reading Under the Deep Willow" type, which would be quite embarrassing.

33. 譬如厨子做菜，有人品评他坏。

33. For instance, if a cook prepares a dish, someone might criticize him for doing a bad job.

34. 不在沉默中爆发，就在沉默中死亡。

34. If not to burst forth in silence, then to die in silence.

35. 激烈得快的，也平和的快，甚至于也颓废的快。

35. Fast and intense, yet also fast and peaceful, even to the point of being fast and decadent.

36. 做一件事，无论大小，倘无恒心，是很不好的。而看一切太难，固然能使人无成，但若看得太容易，也能使事情无结果。

36. It is very bad to do something, no matter how big or small, without perseverance. While it is true that seeing everything as too difficult can prevent one from achieving anything, viewing things as too easy can also lead to no results.