All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets

The sun is new each day.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.

Things keep their secrets.

There is nothing permanent in the world except change.