trust in humanity Quotes

Only a fool can believe people are basically good

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding

I believe I'm growing skeptical of cynicism.

I believe people are genuinely good. I don’t like to see the bad in people, so because of that, I could see myself falling into a bad situation. But thankfully, I haven’t yet.

It takes a lot to still believe in people.

I have a fundamental faith in folk, that people are interesting and good.

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.

The open road is the school of doubt in which man learns faith in man.

Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have a tremendous belief in people, not that people don't let me down, not that I haven't maybe let some people down. But I have a tremendous belief in people and in the common experience.

I have faith in human beings. I struggle with that faith.

To me it seems to be important to believe people to be good even if they tend to be bad, because your own joy and happiness in life is increased that way, and the pleasures of the belief outweigh the occasional disappointments. To be a cynic about people works just the other way around and makes you incapable about enjoying the good things.

Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one. Have faith in man, whether he appears to be an angel or the very devil himself. Have faith in man first, and then having faith in him, believe that if there are defects in him, if he makes mistakes, if he embraces the crudest and the vilest doctrines, believe that it is not from his real nature that they come, but from the want of higher ideals.

If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.

Take my word for it: More people will like you if you believe that people are good until proven bad.

We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt.

God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.

Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right for people to emerge from the easy cynicism and try to get back to a place where we can actually believe in people and trust people to have proper motivations.

My problem is I’m peaceful, and I believe in the people.

I believe the best in people. I believe if you need a bathroom break you go to the bathroom. If you need treatment, you get treatment. I don't think any rules should be changed.

I hope at least that the following will endure: my trust in the people, and my faith in men and women, and in the creation of a world in which it will be easier to love

Faith in God, faith in man, faith in work: this is the short formula in which we may sum up the teachings of the founders of New England,--a creed ample enough for this life and the next.

There is no distrust of men and mankind in me. They will answer before God, so why should I worry?

Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one