One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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