I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.

I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

I distrust camels and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.

Years may wrinkle the skin but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry fear self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Often we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt almost everything. Do we not have faith in our own people's strengths and in our institutions? Can we afford distrust amongst ourselves?