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If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

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John Templeton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 29
Died: 2008
Died: July 8
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Investor
Merchant
Winchester
Tennessee
John Marks Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton
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The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.
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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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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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True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.
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Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well.
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The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
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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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Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.
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Usually God favours the people who try to do good. So, when you find that the crowd is desperately trying to sell, help them and buy. When you find that the crowd is overenthusiastically trying to buy, help them and sell. It usually works out.
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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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Living life with a smile is like throwing yeast into a bowl of flour, adding warm water and waiting for the flour to rise. It multiplies may times over.
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For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.
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It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
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If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
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It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.
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If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
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Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.
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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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Invest at the point of maximum pessimism.
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If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.
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