1.He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
訳：いつか空の飛び方を知りたいと思っている者は、まず立ち上がり、歩き、走り、登り、踊ることを学ばなければならない。いきなり空へ飛ぶことはできないのだ

2.We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
訳：一日のうちに、少なくとも一度も踊らなかったら、その日は失われたものと考えよう

3.The future influences the present just as much as the past.
訳：過去が現在に影響を与えるように、未来も現在に影響を与える

4.If you ask what is most important to a tree, everyone will say it is the fruit. But in reality, it is the seed.
訳：樹木にとって最も大切なものは何かと問うたら、それは果実だと誰もが答えるだろう。しかし実際には種なのだ

5.The higher a tree grows to the sky, the deeper its roots reach into the dark abyss.
訳：樹木は高みへ伸びようとすればするほど、その根はますます地深く、暗い深淵へと入り込んでいく

6.Many people are stubborn about the path they have chosen, but few are stubborn about the goals themselves.
訳：多くの者は、自らが選んだ『道』については強情だが、肝心の『目標』について強情な者は少ない

7.The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.
訳：脱皮できない蛇は滅びる

8.Become who you are.
訳：汝、なんじ自身となれ