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For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Everything that people say is testable.
Everything that people say is testable.
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.
To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.
How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.
How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.
I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust read more
I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust read more
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and read more
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.