But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

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

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

...Mary, fresh with feminist appropriations, has the potential to undergird women’s reformations.

When man manages his intellect and steadies his mind, He discovers the all-pervading Self.

Nothing is perfect and this is the perfect reason for men to keep on learning, understanding and discovering.

Come, my men! never say die while there's a shot in the locker.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

The loss of love is the loss of all rights, even though one had them all.

I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.

The obvious is obviously wrong.

Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition.

Romance makes a radiant sunrise out of every moment.