Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.

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.

Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is read more

Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

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.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.