1、哈佛大学Harvard University
Let Plato be your friend, and Aristotle, but more let your friend be truth.
与亚里士多德为友,与柏拉图为友,更与真理为友.
2、杜尔大学Drew University
Freely have you received; freely give
自由地接受;自由地给予
3、夏威夷大学University of Hawaii
Above all nations is humanity
人性超越国界/人性超越种族
4、斯坦佛大学Stanford University
The wind of freedom blows
愿学术自由之风劲吹
5、约翰霍普金斯大学Johns Hop¥kins University
The truth shall make you free
真理必叫你们得以自由
这句话可追溯于新约圣经的约翰福音第八章32节“你们必晓得真理、真理必叫你们得以自由”英文是: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 。
6、利哈伊大学Lehigh University
Man, the servant and interpreter of nature
人类是大自然的理解者和仆人 或:理解自然;服务自然
7、北达科他大学University of North Dakota
Intelligence, the Basis of Civilization
才智是文明的基础
8、麻省理工学院MIT
Mind and Hand
既学会动脑,也学会动手
这真是工程院校的校训。反映了MIT的创建者的办学理想 - 教育的内容一定要有它的实践
意义。
9、华盛顿大学Washington University
Strength through Truth
力量借助于真理
10、康涅狄克大学University of Connecticut
He who transplants sustains
“He who transplants sustains” 也是康州的州训,它反映了当初北美的殖民者的信念:上帝 ,把他们从英格兰迁移 到北美大陆,会继续帮助他们,供给 他们。用一个长句子表达这句话,可以是:“God, who transplants us, sustain us.” Or “God, who the colonists believed had Transplanted them from England to the New World, where he continued to sustain