The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old one…

John Maynard Keynes
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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. ✨ John Maynard Keynes (2006). General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money, p.7, Atlantic Publishers & Dist
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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. ✨ John Maynard Keynes (2006). General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money, p.7, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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