Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping f

Summary

This quote, often attributed to economist John Maynard Keynes, suggests that the challenge lies not in generating new ideas, but in unlearning and freeing ourselves from old beliefs that have deeply rooted themselves within our minds. It implies that the influence of our upbringing and preconceived notions can limit our ability to embrace and explore fresh perspectives. To overcome this difficulty, one must actively strive to break free from the constraints imposed by their previous convictions and be open to new ways of thinking.

Topics

Ideas

By John Maynard Keynes

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or re

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

John Stuart Mill

Politics

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our beh

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

Music

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

Positive

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcert

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Business

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is m

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

Henry David Thoreau

Silence

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas s

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

Experience

People don't love each other at our age, Marthe they please

People don't love each other at our age, Marthe they please each other, that's all. Later on, when you're old and impotent, you can love someone. At our age, you just think you do. That's all it is.

Birthday

If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with

If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're going to go to $5, $6, $7 and we don't have anybody in Washington that calls OPEC and says, 'Fellas, it's time. It's over. You're not going to do it anymore.'

Time

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of P

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

Faith

But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present

But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father.

Life Righteousness

I'd love to write some porn, but I don't know if I have the

I'd love to write some porn, but I don't know if I have the right engines. When I was a young man and I was tempted to write porn, imaginary parents would appear over my shoulder and read what I was writing; just about the point that I managed to banish the imaginary parents, real children would lean over my shoulder and read what I was writing.

On Writing Neil Gaiman On Writing Porn Thoughts On Writing

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

Ignorance & Stupidity