Perhaps de Gaulle's statement during the student rebellion that, "It is easier to temper the ardent faith of the iconoclasts of today than to shake the deep-rooted certainties, the naive beatitudes of yesterday," can serve as a constant companion on Lyon University's long road towards becoming a center of the academic world.
或許戴高樂在六八學運中所講的一句話：「燃起今日破除舊習的熱誠，遠比撼動昨日根深柢固的信念容易」，可以在里昂步向世界學術重鎮的遙遙路途中，長伴左右。