I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

我能计算天体的运动，却不能计算人的疯狂。

I can see myself before myself—A being through dark scenery.

透过黑暗的风景，我能看到我自己。

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.

我仍然相信，与既定的智慧相反，拥有一张专辑——或者，确切地说，一首歌——具有多样性而非同质性更有趣。

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

我通过创造来批评，而不是通过吹毛求疵。

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

我断定，不是智慧使诗人能够写诗，而是一种本能或灵感，就像你在预言家和先知身上看到的那样，他们传达出所有崇高的信息，却一点也不知道它们的意思。

I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow.

我今天的成就不是因为担心明天的感受。

I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.

我接受采访是因为这是一个做我自己的机会。我有时会想，我该说些什么才有趣。我没有什么大智慧。

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

我不相信命运会降临在人们身上，无论他们如何行动;但我相信，如果他们不采取行动，命运就会降临到他们身上。

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

我不相信个人无知的集体智慧。

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.

我不指望年轻人有成熟的头脑。

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

我不需要超越理解的和平。我要能带来和平的悟性。

I don't believe in worrying. It's a waste of energy.

我不相信忧虑。这是浪费精力。

I feared my own kind more than anything the natural world could ever threaten me with.

我害怕我的同类，胜过自然界对我的任何威胁。

I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they.

我觉得自己像个动物，而动物不知道罪，对吧?

I fly through memory to find a newborn love.

我穿越记忆去寻找新生的爱。