Aleksandra Layland > Quotes

“There is much we can learn from a friend who happens to be a horse.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Bind Not the Heart: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

“Actions speak louder than words. Words cost nothing. Actions can cost everything.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“The source of evil is desire, greed, and anger.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“Some people are like fragile petals, and they don't recover from hardship. Do we blame the petal? Or do we excuse its fragility and mourn its loss?”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“I always knew a good man should do no bad deeds, but it never occurred to me that a good man must do good deeds. He cannot just sit back and do nothing. He cannot just relax and let things happen around him. He must act or his faith is meaningless, mere words or thoughts.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart.

“And do you see how beautiful and graceful the birds are when they are flying and soaring? The ground has many comforts for them to enjoy... But in the sky they are truly what a bird is meant to be. So it is with the human heart.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Bind Not the Heart: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

“Into every life may come tragedy and triumph. Our goal is to meet both equally with serenity and radiant acquiescence. Yet even from the storm clouds of tragedy, rainbows can appear.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Bind Not the Heart: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

“There is something to be said about the vastness of the earth, as well as the vastness of the heavens, in reminding us how small we are and how great God's creation is.”
― Aleksandra Layland, The Feathered Crown: A Windflower Saga Novella

“Defeating the enemy through deception with little loss of life is better than fighting face-to-face with the loss of many lives on both sides.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“Among the Kimbrii the greatest shame a person can bring to himself or his clan is to start a war, but the second greatest is to submit to tyranny or injustice without a fight.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“I want you with me, my dearest. Not just as a friend, though also as that. I want you as my wife. I want to know that we share our lives and cares, we share our health and ill, and we share our happiness and sorrow.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Far Haven: A Quest for Certitude. A Fight for Justice.

“Her joyful spirit would bring laughter and happiness to anyone in her life with the same natural ease that a rose blooms and sheds its perfume.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“The trees were his chapel and the hillsides his cathedral.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“A noble and resolute people can safely tread a dark and fearsome path if they always shine before them the lamps of wisdom and valor.”
― Aleksandra Layland

“A father never gives up on a son, not really, no matter how poorly he behaves at times or how many stupid decisions he makes. He tries to help that son learn how to become the man he was meant to be.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Far Haven: A Quest for Certitude. A Fight for Justice.

“The king should be the servant of his people, and seek to uplift them and their lives.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“You would destroy yourselves but He would be your savior.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart.

“We must not bind our hearts to the things of the world, no matter how beautiful they are or how much pleasure they give us. Our hearts must soar in the heavens for us to be truly the humans we were meant to be.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Bind Not the Heart: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

“You may be a good warrior... But you've made a mistake I never did. You agreed to serve a stupid king.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“There was no jealousy on the part of a new spouse over the love or affection a man or woman shared with a former spouse. It was considered a blessing to have had such loves in one's life.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart.

“A man who wears a sword knows to hold the love of his wife and family dear, for at any time he may not see another day of it.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“After all, plans are one thing; then the battle happens.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“Confirmations may come in many forms and at any time.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Bind Not the Heart: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

“He believed with all his heart that we should spend our lives in happiness and service, in joy and work, in kindness and in love, and he lived... and died... what he believed.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart.

“You study the Path of Peace. I practice the Art of War. There are some congruities between these different approaches but there are many more differences, and they are significant. The Art of War is carried out on the battlefield with deadly weaponry and sometimes, more importantly, in other places and in other ways that you would find distasteful. If I speak little about my plans it's because the Art of War teaches that it is the business of a general to ensure secrecy. You might want to mollify or change my tactics or strategies to fit the morals of your peacetime world and I'd be shackled and hampered in seeing the victory won as it should be, as quickly as possible, with as little fighting as possible, and at the lowest cost possible. You cannot bear the consequences of battle and you don't know the resources required. I do.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“What is it that makes us who we are and what we are? Is it only our blood, the color of our hair, our skin, and our eyes? Or is it believing in what we believe and living the way we live?”
― Aleksandra Layland, Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart.

“Look for the possibilities... rather than... locking doors too soon that might in time have opened.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“Into every life both tragedy and triumph can fall, and we must learn to meet both with equal serenity.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Bind Not the Heart: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

“If we go to war, it must only be with right on our side.”
― Aleksandra Layland

“God's greatest gift to mankind is our intellect. Even for those of you who are not of the faithful, the sheer logic alone cannot be denied. Education lifts a people to greater ability and achievement.”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.