Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again...and what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France.
When will we also teach them what they are?
We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then have another who is, like you, a marvel?
You must work—we must all work—to make the world worthy of its children.
我们生活的每一秒钟都是宇宙间独一无二的时刻，一个永远不会重复的时刻……可我们教给孩子的，又是些什么呢？我们告诉他们二加二等于四，我们告诉他们法国的首都是巴黎。
什么时候我们也去教会他们认识自己呢？
我们应该告诉他们每一个人：你知道你是什么吗？你是一个奇迹，你是一个独一无二的你。在逝去的岁月里，从来没有一个与你一样的孩子。你的双腿，你的双臂，你灵巧的手指，你的行动方式都是惟一的。
你可能会成为莎士比亚，成为米开朗基罗，成为贝多芬。你有做一切事情的潜力。是的，你是一个奇迹。当你长大后，你能再造一个像你一样的奇迹吗？
你要努力——我们大家都要努力——让这个世界无愧于它的后代。