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So, Dr. King said, "Not everybody can be famous. But everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service." Yet, those of you who are history scholars may know the rest of that passage. He said, "You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato or Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace and a sould generated by love."
所以，正如馬丁·路德·金所說：“不是所有人都會成名。但每個人都可以變得偉大，因為偉大是通過服務他人而界定的。”你們當中學歷史的人可能會知道接下來的小節。他說：“為別人提供服務，并不一定要有大學學歷，并不一定要主謂一致，并不一定要了解柏拉圖和亞里士多德，并不一定要知道愛因斯坦的相對論，并不一定要了解物理學中的熱力學第二定律。你所需要的只是一顆仁慈的心和一個充滿愛的靈魂。”
In a few moments, you'll all be officially Stanford's graduates 08. You have the heart and the smarts to go with it. And it's up to you to decide, really, where will you now use those gifts? You've got the diploma, so go out and get the lessons, because I know great things are sure to come.
稍后，你們就會正式成為斯坦福大學2008屆的畢業生了。你們有足夠的聰明才智來與此相配。你們擁有對如何運用這些才智的決定權。說真的，你們將會在哪利用它們呢？你們拿到了學位，因此，走向社會去學功課吧，我堅信你們肯定會做出偉大的事情。
You know, I've always believed that everything is better when you share it, so before I go, I wanted to share a graduation gift with you. Underneath your seats you'll find two of my favorite books. Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth, which is my current book club selection. Our New Earth webcast has been downloaded 30 million times with that book. And Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future has reassured me I'm moving in the right direction.
我一直堅信，分享會讓一切變得更美好，所以在我離開之前，我想和大家分享一下畢業禮物。在你們的座位底下，你們會發現兩本我最喜歡的書。一本是埃克哈特·托拉的《新世界》，這是最近我的流行書你問的精選品。我們的《新世界》的網絡版廣播已經被下載了3000萬次。另一本是丹尼爾·皮爾克的《全新思維：為什么正確的思維者可以駕馭未來》，這本書使我再次確定我走在人生的正軌上。
I really wanted to give you cars but I just couldn't pull that off! Congratulations, 08! 08!
我真的想送大家轎車，只是開不過來！祝賀大家！2008屆的畢業生們！
