Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Distrust those who love you extremely upon a slight acquaintance, and without any visible reason. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is impossible to distrust one's writing without awakening a deeper distrust in oneself. — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Those who pretend as if they don't love you, are the ones who would hate to see you love another person.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
It is distrust of God to be troubled about what is to come; impatience against God to be troubled with what is… — Simon Patrick Copy Share Image
“In other words, the default state is to trust, and what the amygdala does is learn vigilance and distrust.” — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
With intelligence and humility and dedication as our ammunition, we can wage the peace throughout the world with a strength beyond armies,… — Paul G. Hoffman Copy Share Image
I can look back . . . at two distinct periods of opinion whose foundations I have successively come to distrust -… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
The reason the mass of men fear God, and at bottom dislike Him, is because they rather distrust His heart, and fancy… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric.… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously,… — Mark Riebling Copy Share Image
The only way to combat the murder that is war is to show the dirty combinations that make it and the criminals… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I feel that we have, as Mexicans, two things: one, a natural distrust of institutions. I hate organised religion, I hate organised… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Postmodernism, the school of "thought" that proclaimed "There are no truths, only interpretations" has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“What do I need to do to get you to trust me? What do you want from me?” He yells.… — Devon Herrera Copy Share Image
I beg the reader not to go in search of messages. It is a term that I detest because it distresses me… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
