Contact with men and with affairs should be sought after by the aspirant for poise.
He will be the gainer by watching the destruction of his exaggerated ideas and his false conceptions, which have all arisen from solitary thought.
An essential point is to become accustomed to the necessity for action.
Far from avoiding this, one should seize every occasion to utilize it to one's advantage.
The determined student should even create opportunity for so doing, which, in forcing him to break down his reserve, will make it necessary for him to come to definite decisions and to carry them out.
Every chance to exhibit real and honest activity should be seized by him.
Between two decisions, equally favorable to him, of which one will leave him to his peaceful retirement and the other will involve active measures, he should not hesitate for a moment.
He will make choice of that which will compel him to exhibit physical activity.
It is, however, important that manifestation of purposeless energy should be rigidly represt. They are always harmful to one's equilibrium and to the qualities needed for the attainment of poise.
One should never forget the well-known proverb: