Quotes About Trust

Maldito azar! ¡Tú, mi único amigo íntimo, único ser al que creía digno de confianza, de mi alianza y de mi enemistad, siempre inestable y siempre igual a ti mismo, siempre incomprensible, eterno enigma!

Si Abraham hubiese obrado de otro modo, es posible que aun así hubiese amado a Dios, pero no habría creído, porque quien ama a Dios sin que su amor vaya acompañado de la fe, se refleja en sí mismo, mientras que quien ama a Dios creyendo se refleja en Él.

No habría sido mejor intentar mantenerse en la fe, y, una vez instalados en ella, estar alerta para no caer? Pues el movimiento de la fe se debe hacer constantemente en virtud del absurdo, aunque poniendo un cuidado extremo en no perder la finitud, sino, al contrario, recuperarla íntegramente.

El caballero de la fe tiene una clara conciencia de la imposibilidad; por lo tanto, sólo le puede salvar el absurdo, y lo aprehende por medio de la fe.

la fe […] es lo más grande que se pueda poseer; por eso al filosofía comete un fraude cuando nos ofrece otra cosa a cambio y habla despectivamente de la fe. La filosofía no puede ni debe darnos la fe, sino que debe comprenderse a sí misma, saber lo que está en grado de ofrecer, no ocultar nada y mucho menos birlarnos una cosa determinada, considerándola una nadería

But take heed to pay them willingly and promptly what money they should have. With those whom one despises, one on no account should have money differences, lest it might perhaps be said that it was to get out of paying them one avoided them. No, pay them double, in order that thy disagreement with them may be thoroughly clear: that what concerns them does not concern thee at all, namely, money; and on the contrary, that what does not concern them concerns thee infinitely, namely, Christianity.

La alternativa que se nos presenta es la siguiente: o bien corremos un velo sobre la historia de Abraham, o bien aprendemos a espantarnos ante la inaudita paradoja que da sentido a su vida

order that you shall act according to it, not that you gain expertise in interpreting it.

A Panegyric upon Abraham

Why then did Abraham do it ? For God's sake, and (in complete identity with this) for his own sake. He did it for God's sake because God required this proof of his faith ; for his own sake he did it in order that he might furnish the proof.

For when faith is eliminated by becoming null or nothing, then there only remains the crude fact that Abraham wanted to murder Isaac – which is easy enough for anyone to imitate who has not faith, the faith, that is to say, which makes it hard for him. 1

Abraham believed. He did not believe that some day he would be blessed in the beyond, but that he would be happy here in the world.

Good to have powerful friends. Even better to be a powerful friend, neh?

The Lord tends to come at the moment of great alarm, when we're 'ready to sink into despair.

God can cause us to forget all our toil and make us fruitful even in the land of our affliction. That

me and Rebecca

Like its elder sibling love, friendship was a set of obligations willingly assumed, truth and trust among them, not just a pleasure or a feeling. At least it was if you were to be a friend worth having.

I like you, Mike. I just wanted to know about you." He grinned and finished building the fire. "OK, point taken, and I like you too, Juney. It was an RPG." "Role-playing game?" she asked, bewildered, and saw him laugh aloud, his head thrown back—for the first time since they met, she realized. "Rocket Propelled Grenade," he said.

How have I survived uncorrupted this long, surrounded by oil-tongued flatterers like you

They waited. Reiko let the silence and the sounds fill her. Having thought, I have acted, she thought. Let the arrow fly. In

Is maith an scáthán súil charad!" Juniper replied ruefully. "A friend's eye is a good mirror!

It was good to have subordinates who didn't need their t's crossed and the i's dotted . p.173

Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, 'Don't risk it.' Because it's only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.

If you never put your life in someone else's hands, then you can't really expect them to put theirs in yours. In the long run, never trusting anyone is a hard way to live.