“One thing I came to realize after college was that the search for purpose is really a search for a place, not an idea. It is a search for a location in the world where you want to be part of making things better for others in your own small way. It could be a classroom where you teach, a business where you work, a neighborhood where you live. The key is, if you find yourself in a place where you stop caring — where your greatest concern becomes only you — get out of there.”
“我在大学毕业后逐渐意识到,追寻人生意义其实是在世界上追寻一个位置,而不是一种理念。在这个位置上,你可以为某个改善其他人境遇的事业贡献一份微薄之力。它或许是一间你从教的教室,一家你工作的企业,一个你居住的社区。最重要的是,如果你发现你停留在一个你不再关心的地方,一个你只关心自己的地方,那就赶紧离开吧。”
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
康奈尔大学(Cornell University)
Ed Helms, actor and comedian
埃德·赫尔姆斯(Ed Helms),演员,笑星
“I’m a guy whose primary connection to this venerable institution is having portrayed a rather hard-to-like Cornell alum on the NBC television show ‘The Office.’ It’s interesting, Condoleezza Rice backed out of speaking at Rutgers this year because students protested over her controversial role in the Iraq war. Meanwhile, I directly embarrassed this school for eight years on national television, and no protests. When I got the invitation to speak, I was scared to open the email because I thought it might be a lawsuit. ...
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