Book: Tapestries of dreams

Death is always kinder than life, for God and his Mother are forgiving and will forgive any sin to those who sincerely repent of it. Only life does not forgive anything, and we have to pay dearly for our mistakes.

It is more dangerous to hide the truth than to know.

Each is given to walk his own way either along the dull but calm plain of uncomplicated events, or through the high mountains of pleasure and happiness, alternating with deep and gloomy valleys of grief and pain. There can be no heights of joy without gorges of fear.

Belief in one's righteousness gives a person strength and patience, and vice versa, guilt depletes a person's strength.

My marriage and property depend on the will of my uncle, but my feelings belong to me, and no one can order what they should be.

If people are angry, then even the smallest drop is enough to start a quarrel.

Too much worse than nothing at all.

Reckless goodness can sometimes do more harm than deliberate evil.

In the circle of the king, there could always be someone endowed with power and deprived of conscience.

He treated animals with great love, and he was struck that some quarrel between people gave rise to the murder of the beast.