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  • How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.

    Book   Men   Ideas  
    "Coningsby". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, Book VII, Ch. 2, 1844.
  • Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.

    Betrayal   Men   Secret  
    Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.131
  • What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

    Strong   Heart   School  
    Benjamin Disraeli (1863). “Coningsby, Or, The New Generation”, p.181
  • There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.

    Needs   Shy   Shyness  
  • I was eighteen, this was back in '46, so we also had these very frightening images of soldiers in the streets of Paris. So the effect of war, plus my shyness, plus my lack of education - I was afraid of men, really. It changes later, but it took me a certain time to adjust.

    Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2009.
  • Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.

    Fall   Character   Men  
    Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.27
  • I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

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  • The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that.

    "Alain de Botton: a life in writing". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2012.
  • There is something to the fact that when you're on stage or when you're playing someone else, you're able to transmute all the things inside you that maybe get a bit blocked by the wall of shyness, or the wall of anxiety, or [by] overthinking. They sort of fall away in that moment and channeled into something else.

    "Extended transcript: Emma Stone". www.cbsnews.com. February 12, 2017.
  • The human mind is like Salome at the beginning of dance, hidden from the outside world by seven veils. Veils of reserve, shyness,fear.

    Dance   Fear   Mind  
  • the little street Into its gloom retires, secluded and shy.

    Shy   Littles   Retiring  
    Laurence Binyon (1927). “A Laurence Binyon Anthology”
  • I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

    Awkward   Majority   Shy  
  • introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness

    Steve Martin (2001). “Shopgirl”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated
  • Do not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... Accept the truth! And if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. You are good enough, you are HUMAN ENOUGH, to choose!

  • Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.

    Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.12, Penguin UK
  • Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a lovely indication.

    Mean   Lovely   Steps  
    "Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte". Interview with Kim Rosen, spiritualityhealth.com. December 8, 2014.
  • If we go about apologizing for speaking to people of the things of God, we must not be very much surprised if they catch our timidity and they feel awkward and we feel awkward. There is a certain shyness and awkwardness about us when we go to tell men and women of the things of eternal life, which react upon them until they become nervous and awkward too.

    Men   People   Awkward  
  • Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

    Crush   Shy   Persons  
  • I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant.

    Choices   Baptism   Ink  
    Aberjhani (2008). “The American Poet Who Went Home Again”, p.19, Bright Skylark Book Products
  • Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage and unfortunately, my shyness and my inability to communicate and really have great conversations or be part of the gang - in inverted commas - led me to the drug addiction, which, you know, blighted my life for 16 years because I thought by doing that it would make me join in.

    Home   Years   Addiction  
    "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.
  • Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand.

    Law   Giving   Dating  
    Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.87, Faber & Faber
  • I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

    Girl   Athlete   Giving  
  • Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval.

  • It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes.

    Dian Fossey (2000). “Gorillas in the Mist”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

  • Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek do not inherit the Earth, they serve those who are self confident and self assertive.

    Self   Earth   Modesty  
  • I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.

    Wish   Shy   Inferiority  
    Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.26, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
  • Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.

    Beautiful   Real   Heart  
    Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.34, Shambhala Publications
  • Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness

  • I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about.

    "A Woman of Extremes". Interview with Nigel Farndale, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 14, 2001.
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