Courage To Believe Quotes

“Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship, but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak boldly with him as with yourself. As to yourself, although you should live in such a way that you trust your own self with nothing which you could not entrust even your enemy, yet, since certain matters occur which convention keeps secret, you should share at least all your worries and reflections. Regard him as loyal, and you will make him loyal. Some, for example, fearing to be deceived, have taught men to deceive; by their suspicions, they have given their friend the right to do wrong.”
― Seneca, Letters From A Stoic | Moral Letters To Lucilius

“Others, again, fear to confide in their closest intimates; and if it were possible, they would not trust even themselves, burying their secrets deep in their hearts. But we should do neither. It is equally faulty to trust everyone and to trust no one.”
― Seneca, Letters From A Stoic | Moral Letters To Lucilius

“When friendship is settled, you must trust; before friendship is formed, you must pass judgement.”
― Seneca, Letters From A Stoic | Moral Letters To Lucilius

“Our imagination and hope become a reality if we have the courage to believe and take action to realize them.”
― Debasish Mridha