Two is enough for a secret.
— Agatha Christie
Friendship
It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.
The way to learn whether a person is trustworthy is to trust him.
The greatest trust, between man and man, is the trust of giving counsel. For in other confidences, men commit the parts of life; their lands, their goods, their children, their credit, some particular affair; but to such as they make their counsellors, they commit the whole: by how much the more, they are obliged to all faith and integrity.
— Francis Bacon
Friendship
Those who trust us educate us.
Trust not him with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
Character
The best proof of love is trust.
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements — win-win stewardship agreements, self-directing individuals and teams, aligned structures and systems, and accountability — can flourish.