Timidity, how to Overcome it, المجلد 3Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1915 - 167 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 18 - His father having heard that, in addition to commanding armies, I had devoted myself to the study of mental disorders, hunted me up one day and asked me if I would have the kindness to interest myself in his son, and try to cure him — for this excessive timidity had become an unbearable burden to them both. "Through the bamboo hedges that separated our two gardens I had often perceived the young man, and been struck with the freedom of his movements, in contrast to his habitual embarrassment. "Therefore,...
الصفحة 90 - ... excel, those they view with such contempt. "They are perfectly aware of the necessity of struggling against this infirmity which, no matter what their worth or their attainments may be, relegates them to remain forever in the background. "Envy is not a monopoly of the timid, but in them it flourishes, because they mingle so little with others that their minds do not expand. "Then, too., as it is impossible for them to express their ideas, they can not modify them by getting advice, and so their...
الصفحة 163 - He thinks the opinions of others are very unjust; but he suffers less from this than one would imagine. There is a special kind of pride which causes him to congratulate himself on the amiable way he bears this lack of appreciation. "This does not have to amount to humiliating him, in order to make him admire the stoicism with which he submits to these trials. of conceit, to which is added a thorough contempt for those who do not understand him. "He does not realize that his being so uncommunicative,...
الصفحة 28 - ... than people gifted with a well-balanced mind. "Furthermore, we have seen that they quickly imagine this indifference to be hostility, and this hostility to be persecution." According to his teaching, we have written, in a preceding book, the following sentence, which can not be repeated too often: "Energy is the highest goal of all things, and the world belongs to the energetic." LESSON II HOW TO PREVENT THE GROWTH OF TIMIDITY ""WHEN I was one of the fervent disciples of Lang-Ho, the celebrated...
الصفحة 159 - But it requires great tact to play the role of this mental healer, for if the tutelage be too apparent, it has a very bad influence on him he is trying to save. On the contrary, he should liken his disease to a child learning to walk, who should at times be left alone, but who starts forth with confidence only when he has hold of a hand to prevent him from falling. A child must have some liberty to awaken in him a feeling of responsibility, and make him talk, and if his mother never lets him out...
الصفحة 163 - LESSON XI THE RECOGNITION OF ONE'S WORTH THE timid person, according to the teachings of Yoritomo, may, like many others, be cognizant of his worth, but, says he, "it is very rare that this conviction inspires him with a wish to correct his defect. "Cognizance of his worth rarely produces in the timid any feeling but vanity. "He considers it a reason why he should take refuge in his timidity, and disdainfully isolate himself because he feels that no one understands him. "He thinks the opinions of...
الصفحة 126 - There, you see,' said the rapacious man, 'you don't know; well then, at the date fixt, I have the right to gotoyour house bringing with me officers of the law, and seize your manuscripts, for you possess nothing else. Would it not be wiser, now that you have the money, thanks to me, to pay me a portion of this debt?' " 'Well now, it is all settled, I will keep the ten pieces of gold, and for the four still due me I will give you two hundred days
الصفحة 21 - ... When with his inferiors, he behaves naturally, even affably, and when with his superiors, his extreme awkwardness causes him to resort to a praiseworthy reserve." These very sensible remarks hold good to all time. A further proof that timidity is a real defect — no matter what causes it — is, as in the case under discussion, that the premises produce illogical deductions. We see, however, that the timid affiliate more readily with those of a different status. Therefore, the timid person,...
الصفحة 93 - In a case like this it is the duty of the teacher to inspire the child with self-confidence by praising the qualities he possesses, and which the person he is jealous of lacks. "In a word, the first step must be to destroy the feeling of inferiority which causes the timid to become envious. care must be taken not to go to the other extreme by letting him have too high an opinion of himself. ' ' One can not imagine how very ingenious the timid are in inventing excuses for their faults.
الصفحة 157 - ... For the first few days he should accustom himself to assume this attitude during five minutes; three or four days later, he may try it again for ten minutes, then a quarter of an hour, and so forth. "But, in order that this treatment be effective, the timid man should persevere in it, that is to< say, if his resolution waver when doing his exercise, and he turn away his eyes before the bold gaze of a passer-by, if he neglect, even for a few seconds, to carry his head well, or to hold himself...