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It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

John Templeton

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John Templeton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 29
Died: 2008
Died: July 8
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The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be. It's self centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
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The only way to experience love is to give it.
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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
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An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer.
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If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
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Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. .
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I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.
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The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.
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Kindness comes back like a boomerang to those who are kind. Perhaps, its return takes years. Perhaps, the kindness returns from a different direction than that which we sent out kindness. But it will return. It is never lost.
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The government of India regulates nearly everything, so there's very little progress whereas in Hong Kong the government keeps its hands off... and the standard of living has multiplied.
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Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, and selling when they are full of hope, takes fortitude.
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Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.
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Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialists overlook by getting trapped in the purely physical.
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High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.
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Suppose you went to your priest and asked for help he would refer you to the Bible. But if you went the next day to your medical doctor and he referred you to the book of Hippocrates, which was written at about the same time as the Bible, you would think that was old-fashioned.
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Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.
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Sell a stock only when you have found a new stock that is a 50% better bargain than the one that you hold.
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