Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time...

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money...

The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money...

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old...

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old...

In the long run we are all dead.

In the long run we are all dead.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...