The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

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...

Ideas shape the course of history.

Ideas shape the course of history.

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

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.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

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...

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.

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...

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...

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...

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but...

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but...

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...

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

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

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of...

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of...

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...