This, indeed, has always been the fate of the few that have professed scepticism, that, when they have done what they can to discr...edit their senses, they find themselves, after all, under a necessity of trusting to them. Mr. Hume has been so candid as to acknowledge this; and it is no less true of those who have shewn the same candour; for I never heard that any sceptic runs his head against a post, or stepped into a kennel, because he did not believe his eyes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We have had many harbingers and forerunners; but of a purely spiritual life, history has afforded no example. I mean we have yet n...o man who has leaned entirely on his character, and eaten angels' food; who, trusting to his sentiments, found life made of miracles; who, working for universal aims, found himself fed, he knew not how; clothed, sheltered, and weaponed, he knew not how, and yet it was done by his own hands.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That of all the several ways of beginning a book which are now in practice throughout the known world, I am confident my own way o...f doing it is the best--I'm sure it is the most religious--for I begin with writing the first sentence--and trusting to Almighty God for the second.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Trusting as we did to the virtue of the people, the real people, not the politicians and demagogues, we passed through the most re...sponsible and trying scenes, sustained by the bone and sinew of the nation, the laborers of the land, where alone, in these days of Bank rule, and ragocrat corruption, real virtue and love of liberty is to be found.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You first have an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the pl...ant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. It is vain to hurry it. By trusting it to the end, it shall ripen into truth, and you shall know why you believe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The only native tree that dares to lean, Relying on its beauty, to the air.... (Less brave perhaps than trusting are the fair.)LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experien...ces and ideas (and they themselves) have worth. They are encouraged to think for themselves, express opinions, and make decisions for themselves. Parents supporting them in standing on their own two feet and doing what they think is right. Trusting and gaining confidence in themselves, they develop an inner locus of control.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Staying in charge as a mother means exercising one's own judgment about what is best for one's child. It means, at times, disregar...ding the advice of experts. It means fighting one's way into institutional decision making in an effort to make it responsive to the needs of one's own child. It means trusting one's own point of view. Most of all, it means developing the ability to tolerate both the internal anxiety and the external hostility that are generated when one tries to stay in charge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My friends--No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of ...these people, I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and I have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blame...d for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »