Quotes About Trust

to live apart from the comforts of clan and kin, surrounded by strangers upon whom she must depend for what day-to-day gentleness one human being might have from another.

I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V. It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.

I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed me.

sometimes I can feel it, the way we are pouring slowly toward a curve and around it through something dark and soft, and we are bound to each other.

We can go for weeks without talking to each other, but we never have to explain why we haven't been in touch. We simply pick up where we left off. That's true friendship.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

The Buddha actually described at some length what he meant by being a good friend in the world. He talked about a good friend as someone who is constant in our times of happiness and also in our times of adversity or unhappiness. A friend will not forsake us when we are in trouble nor rejoice in our misfortune. The Buddha described a true friend as being a helper, someone who will protect us when we are unable to take care of ourselves, who will be a refuge to us when we are afraid.

Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.

Equanimity's strength derives from a combination of understanding and trust. It is based on understanding that the conflict and frustration we feel when we can't control the world doesn't come from our inability to do so but rather from the fact that we are trying to control the uncontrollable.

Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered.

Our world opens up because we can let go. We can relinquish, and we are not afraid. We do not have to hold on.

a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust

Vulnerability should be the thing that brings us closer than anything because we all share that.

How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes

Although much of the work we do in committed relationships we do with our partners, sometimes it's necessary to start with ourselves.

In more ways than any of us can name, love is wrapped up with the idea of expectation.

There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love—letting go can feel scary.

Keeping secrets is a consequential act for all involved.

With our close friends, family members, and lovers, we hope to create a special world, one in which we can expect to be treated fairly, with care, tenderness, and compassion.

I know that safety is always unattainable. You're never safe.

It is precisely faith that makes thinking possible, for faith offers the unthought ground out of which thinking can emerge. It is faith that makes moral and other decisions possible, opening to us the horizon against which our actions become meaningful.

the problem is never with the faith, but with the faithful.

I know that we're not on a ship and there is no water around us, but I can't help wonder how long before my friend is cast into the sea.