1. 如果一个想法一开始不荒谬，那么它就毫无希望。

1. If an idea is not absurd at the beginning, then it is doomed to fail.

2. 宇宙中一切物质都不存在，唯有精神永恒！

2. In the universe, all matter does not exist; only the spirit is eternal!

3. 人的差异在于业余时间，业余时间生产着人才，也生产着懒汉、酒鬼、牌迷、赌徒。由此不仅使工作业绩有别，也区分出高低优劣的人生境界。

3. The differences among people lie in their leisure time, which not only produces talents but also lazybodies, alcoholics, gamblers, and card enthusiasts. This not only distinguishes work performance but also separates different levels and qualities of life.

4. 在所有的著名人物中，居里夫人是唯一不为荣誉所困扰的人。

4. Among all the famous figures, Madame Curie was the only one not troubled by fame.

5. 生命会给你所要的东西，只要你不断地向它要，只要你在要的时候讲得清楚。

5. Life will give you what you want, as long as you keep asking for it and as long as you are clear about what you are asking for.

6. 我孤寂地生活着，年轻时痛苦万分，而在成熟之年里却甘之如饴。?>

6. I live in solitude, experiencing immense suffering in my youth, yet I find joy in my years of maturity.

7. 有些人认为宗教不合乎科学道理。我是一位研究科学的人，我深切知道，今天的科学，只能证明某种物体存在，而不能证明某种物体不存在。

7. Some people believe that religion is not in harmony with scientific reasoning. As a researcher in science, I deeply know that today's science can only prove the existence of certain objects, but cannot prove the non-existence of certain objects.

8. 因为我对权威的轻蔑，所以命运惩罚我，使我自己竟也成了权威。

8. Because of my disdain for authority, fate has punished me by making me become an authority myself.

9. 在学校和生活中，工作的最重要的动力是工作中的乐趣，是工作获得结果时的乐趣以及对这个结果的社会价值的认识。

9. The most important driving force for work in school and in life is the enjoyment in work itself, the pleasure of achieving results, and the recognition of the social value of these results.

10. 凡在小事上对真理持轻率态度的人，在大事上也是不可信任的。

10. Those who treat truth carelessly in trivial matters are also untrustworthy in big matters.

11. 世间最好的东西，莫过于有几个头脑和心地都很正直的严正的朋友。

11. The best thing in the world is to have a few serious friends who have both sound minds and upright hearts.

12. 我从不想未来，它来得太快。

12. I never think about the future, it comes too fast.

13. 在长时间内，我对社会上那些我认为是非常恶劣和不幸的情况公开发表了意见，对它们的沉默就会使我觉得在犯同谋罪。

13. Over a long period, I have publicly expressed my opinion on those situations in society that I consider to be extremely vile and unfortunate, and their silence would make me feel as though I were committing the sin of complicity.

14. 凡是对人类生活提高最有贡献的人，应当是最受爱戴的人，这在原则上是对的。但是如果要求别人承认自己比同伴或者同学更高更强，或者更有才智，那就容易在心理上产生惟我独尊的态度，这无论对个人对社会都是有害的。

14. Those who make the greatest contributions to the improvement of human life should be the most beloved individuals, which is fundamentally correct. However, if one demands recognition that they are superior or stronger than their peers or classmates, or more intelligent, it is easy to foster an attitude of self-righteousness in their minds. This is harmful to both individuals and society.

15. 摒弃宗教的科学是跛脚的，摒弃科学的宗教是盲目的。

15. Science that discards religion is lame, and religion that discards science is blind.

16. 任何天才不能在孤独的状态中发展。

16. No genius can develop in a state of isolation.

17. 所谓现实只不过是个错觉，虽然这个错觉非常持久。

17. So-called reality is merely an illusion, although this illusion is very persistent.

18. 一个获得成功的人，前苏联作家高尔基从他的同胞那里所取得的，总是无可比拟地超过他对他们所做的贡献。

18. A successful person, the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky, always achieved more from his compatriots than he contributed to them.

19. 对一切来说，只有热爱才是最好的老师，它远远胜过责任感。

19. For everything, love is the best teacher, far surpassing responsibility.

20. 我信仰斯宾诺莎的上帝，他以宇宙的秩序与和谐来示现，而不是那个会干涉人类命运和行为的上帝。

20. I believe in Spinoza's God, who manifests Himself through the order and harmony of the universe, rather than the God who interferes with human fate and actions.

21. 在天才和勤奋两者之间，我毫不迟疑地选择勤奋，她是几乎世界上一切成就的催产婆。

21. Between genius and diligence, I without hesitation choose diligence, for she is almost the midwife of all achievements in the world.

22. 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。

22. Do not strive for success, strive to be a valuable person.

23. 使学生对教师尊敬的惟一源泉在于教师的德和才。

23. The only source of respect that students have for teachers lies in the teacher's virtues and talents.

24. 没有科学的宗教是瘸子，没有宗教的科学是瞎子。

24. A religion without science is a cripple, and a science without religion is blind.

25. 物理学家们说我是数学家，数学家们又把我归为物理工作者。我是一个完全孤立的人，虽然所有人都认识我，却没有多少人真正了解我。

25. Physicists say I am a mathematician, and mathematicians classify me as a physicist. I am a completely isolated individual, although everyone knows me, few truly understand me.

26. 提出一个问题往往比解决一个问题更重要，因为解决问题也许仅是一个数学上或实验上的技能而已。而提出新的问题、新的可能性，从新的角度去看旧的问题，都需要有创造性的想象力，而且标志着科学的真正进步。

26. Proposing a question is often more important than solving one, because solving a problem may merely require a mathematical or experimental skill. However, formulating new questions, new possibilities, and viewing old problems from new perspectives all require creative imagination and mark the true progress of science.

27. 苦和甜来自外界，坚强则来自内心，来自一个的人自我努力。

27. Bitterness and sweetness come from the outside world, while strength comes from within, from an individual's self-effort.

28. 启发我并永远使我充满生活乐趣的理想是真、善、美。

28. The ideals that inspire me and forever fill me with the joy of life are truth, goodness, and beauty.

29. 我不是一名宗教徒，但如果我是的话，我愿成为一名佛教徒。

29. I am not a religious person, but if I were, I would like to be a Buddhist.

30. 生活就像骑单车，要想保持平衡，必须不断前行。

30. Life is like riding a bicycle; in order to maintain balance, one must keep moving forward.

31. 后世大概不会相信，这样一个人（圣雄甘地）曾有血有肉地走在这地球上。

31. It is hard to believe for future generations that such a person (Mahatma Gandhi) once walked the earth with flesh and blood.

32. 好奇心深深的存在于人的本性中。

32. Curiosity deeply resides in human nature.

33. 我不是无神论者，也称不上是汎神论者。我们就像个误闯一座大型图书馆的小孩，里面藏满了不同语言写成的书籍。那小孩知道，这些书一定是由某（些）人所写，只不知晓他（们）如何写成，隐约感觉到这些书的排列，仿佛依据某种神秘规律，却不明所以。对我而言，似乎连世上聪明之最对于上帝的看法亦是如此。

33. I am not an atheist, nor can I be called a pantheist. We are like a child who has stumbled into a large library, filled with books written in different languages. The child knows that these books must have been written by someone (someones), but is unaware of how they were written, and has a vague sense that the arrangement of these books seems to follow some mysterious pattern, though the reason for it is not clear. To me, it seems that even the most intelligent people in the world have the same view of God.

34. 独立思考和独立判断的一般能力，应当始终放在首位。

34. The general ability of independent thinking and independent judgment should always be given top priority.

35. 世间最美好的东西，莫过于有几个头脑和心地都很正直的朋友。

35. The greatest of all blessings in the world is to have a few friends who are both intelligent and upright of heart.

36. 学校要求教师在他的本职工作上成为一种艺术家。

36. The school requires the teacher to become an artist in his own field of work.

37. 人们都把我的成功归功于天才，其实我的天才只是刻苦而已。

37. People attribute my success to genius, but actually, my genius is just hard work.

38. 一个快乐的人总是满足与活于当下，而非浪费时间揣想未来。

38. A happy person is always content to live in the present, rather than wasting time speculating about the future.

39. 我们的科学史，只写某人某人取得成功，在成功者之前探索道路的，发现此路不通的失败者统统不写，这是很不公平的。

39. Our history of science only records the successes of certain individuals, but it completely ignores the failures of those who explored the paths before the successful ones, and found that those paths were not viable. This is very unfair.

40. 爱是光，爱能够启示那些给予并得到它的人。爱是地心引力，因为爱能让人们互相吸引。爱是能量，因为爱产生我们最好的东西而且爱允许人类不用去消除看不见的自私。

40. Love is light, as it can illuminate those who give and receive it. Love is gravity, because it attracts people to each other. Love is energy, because it generates our best qualities and allows humanity to transcend the invisible selfishness without needing to eliminate it.

41. 世界上最让我难以理解的就是所得税。

41. The most difficult thing for me to understand in the world is income tax.

42. 人只有献身于社会，才能找出那短暂而有风险的生命的意义。

42. Only by dedicating oneself to society can a person find the meaning of that short and risky life.

43. 天才和愚蠢之间的区别就是天才是有极限的。

43. The difference between genius and foolishness is that genius has limits.

44. 在一个崇高的目标支持下，不停地工作，即使慢，也一定会获得成功。

44. Under the support of a noble goal, to keep working tirelessly, even if slowly, success will surely be achieved.

45. 真正有价值的是直觉。在探索的道路之上，智力作用不大。

45. What is truly valuable is intuition. On the path of exploration, intelligence plays little role.

46. 我们一来到世间，社会就会在我们面前树起了一个巨大的问号，你怎样度过自己的一生？我从来不把安逸和享乐看作是生活目的本身。

46. As soon as we enter the world, society raises a huge question mark before us: How should you spend your life? I have never regarded comfort and pleasure as the purpose of life itself.

47. 方程式对我更重要，因为**只看眼前，而方程式是永恒的。

47. The equation is more important to me because it is eternal, while everything else is transient.

48. 总体上在我看来，从客观的角度，没完没了地思考自己为什么会存在，或者是生命有什么意义，是非常愚蠢的行为。不过，每个人都有一些理想，来指引着自己的抱负和辨别是非。始终在我面前闪耀着光芒，并且让我充满活着的喜悦的理想，是善、美和真理。对我来说，以舒适和享乐为目标的生活从来没有吸引力。以这些目标为基础建立起来的一套伦理观点只能满足一群牲畜的需要。

48. Overall, in my opinion, from an objective standpoint, endlessly pondering why one exists or what the meaning of life is is a foolish behavior. However, everyone has some ideals that guide their ambitions and discernment of right and wrong. The ideals that always shine before me and fill me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. For me, a life aimed at comfort and enjoyment has never been attractive. An ethical viewpoint built on these objectives can only satisfy the needs of a herd of cattle.

49. 人们总是用伪善而漂亮的字句装扮这些毫无实质意义的东西。

49. People always adorn these things of no substantial meaning with pseudo-sacred and beautiful words.