Mistrust Quotes

133 quotes by 115 authors

The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it: their deepest, darkest… — John Welwood
Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely… — Auberon Waugh
It is better to have faith in everybody and be deceived occasionally than to mistrust everybody and be deceived almost constantly. — Christian D. Larson
The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust. — Paulo Freire
Shall I tell you something I've been noticing? The mistrust this society has for women. All kinds of experts and officials are terrified because so… — Marge Piercy
What I question is the extent to which any of us truly knows what the facts really are. I mistrust every ideal cherished in western… — Boyd Rice
I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it. — Lilli Palmer
Mistrust is the fuel for so much mental pain, so many mental disorders. I am not talking here about the suspicions we sometimes have of… — Lauren Slater
I expressed just now my mistrust of what is called Spiritualism â€” ... I owe it a trifle for a message said to come from… — William De Morgan
He who sincerely seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose. As he concentrates on that search a light begins to… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Kindness works simply and perseveringly; it produces no strained relations which prejudice its working; strained relations which already exist it relaxes. Mistrust and misunderstanding it… — Albert Schweitzer
The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless;… — Josef Pieper
But thus I counsel you, my friends: Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. They are people of a low sort and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust. — Andy Hargreaves
Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as… — Hugh Mackay
In a world filled with mistrust, armed to the teeth and ready to explode, a realistic attitude might be to consider love as an imperative… — Dominique de Menil
The opposite of interpersonal trust is not mistrust. It is despair. This is because we have given up on believing that trustworthiness and fulfillment are… — David Richo
Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of us, brings self-confidence , reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and enables us to… — Dalai Lama
When any nation mistrusts it's citizens with guns, it's sending a clear message. It no longer trusts it's citizens because such a government has evil… — George Washington

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