Shyness   According to the dictionary meaning, a person is said to be shy when he is disposed to avoid any person or a thing. A shy person is easily frightened, is hesitant in committing himself, is marked by sensitive diffidence. A shy person is bashful, coy and exhibits a timid reserve, always shirking from familiarity or contact with others. A shy person’s diffidence stresses a distrust of one’s own ability...

“The Old Order Changed, Yielding Place To New” Change in all things is sweet, says a Greek proverb; and there is nothing permanent except change, says another. Change is the law of nature. The crust of the earth, the surface of the sea, the face of the sky are all undergoing daily and hourly changes. The rotation of the earth on its axis, the revolution of the earth resulting in change...

“Man is Born Free, But He is Everywhere in Chains”   It was the great philosopher Rousseau who uttered this wonderful sentence and which now has become synonymous with pitiable condition of man on earth where he is born; he is born of free and cheerful spirit, but the spirit and cheerfulness undergoes a miraculous metamorphosis in the presence of obtaining social structure which is almost created on the freedom of...

“For Forms of Government Let Fools Contest, Whatever is Best Administered is The Best”   The nineteenth century was the age of revolution. The twentieth century is the age of political experimentation. The world has been convulsed by colossal political changes that have visited the different nations of the world. There is such an incompatibility in the political ideologies that the best brains of the world are puzzled. If the question...

Success in Life—What it Depends on   Behind all human effort there lies a hope for success. Man tries plans and labours so long as there is present in his mind, the faintest hope of succeeding in his attempt. This hope generates and directs human energy. When the hope ends, man faints and sinks. So keen is his desire for success that he takes it as the only thing worth having...

The Power of Public Opinion Today people want to make their voice heard and to manage their own affairs. So loud and continuous is the demand of the people that rightly or wrongly all States now claim to be based on the opinion of the governed. Whatever they do, is in the name of the people. The most constitutional governments and despotic rulers swear alike by the name of the people...

Neighbours Man is a social animal. He desires good company and suitable surroundings for leading a peaceful life. However, he has to cultivate it with his own efforts and possess certain basic qualities. First of all, sweet reasonableness combined with sociable nature is an essential quality. Then if a person himself possess the noble qualities of fine feelings and sentiments, consistency, honesty and truth, he is bound to create a happy...

The Path of Duty is The Path of Glory It is neither the wheel of fortune nor some gust of divine favour that takes men to the top. It is the faithful and intelligent performance of what they regard as the duties of the life that has given them name and fame and greatness. This has been the secret to their success. When we are young and inexperienced, we may think...