When and How to Talk of One's Self : Page 208

So much for innermost feelings, properly reserved for intimates, and avoided in company. The second type of personal conversation is one's philosophy of life, one's religious and political opinions. These are an important and large sector of mankind's total talk, and ought to be one's topic much and often. But a person should not thrust his philosophy of life in the face of new acquaintances. The purpose of conversation between close friends is to relieve each other's minds, but between newly-mets it is to become acquainted, to learn to know and trust each other. Therefore, among new acquaintances, the talk ought to