灵魂是在时间和永恒之间的一个地方被创造的：它用最高的力量接触永恒，用较低的力量接触时间。
The soul is created in a place between time and eternity: with its highest powers it touches eternity, with its lower time.
过去不是监狱，而是跳板。
大学不是实现特定目的或产生特定结果的机器；它是一种人类活动的方式。
"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."