John Maynard Keynes Quotes

I trust no one, not even myself.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

I have reservations about everything I do.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.

I maybe trust too much.

Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.

We know nothing. And just because you know something to be true at this moment in your life or you feel that it is true, you can never be sure of yourself.

I, who am king of the matter I treat, and who owe an accounting for it to no one, do not for all that believe myself in all I write. I often hazard sallies of my mind which I mistrust.

You can't doubt so much, Psyche

Trust not one night's ice.

Have faith in your faith-and doubt your doubts.

Always seek the general and never quite trust it.

Be silent always when you doubt your sense.

You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.

The older I've gotten, I really do feel that it's a lack of trust that I see in people and that's why they don't follow their dreams - because they don't trust anything.

Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing... or at least" -- he strolled confidently to the door -- "Felix does.

I think when you have doubts, you just say no.

Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely sure.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying.

When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward.