The opposite of interpersonal trust is not mistrust. It is despair. This is because we have given up on believing that trustworthiness and fulfillment are possible from others. We have lost our hope in our fellow humans.

When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those we will meet in the future.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

Without trust, a relationship is on borrowed time, and so the wise keeps their meaningful relationships alive with ceaseless acts of trustworthiness.