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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
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Tennessee
John Marks Templeton
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As we learn to share and give and care, love increases. A person who knows how to love does not seem to feel lonely or alone. In this sense, the power of love can become a true weapon against harm.
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Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.
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The only way to experience love is to give it.
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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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For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.
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Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well.
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Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.
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Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.
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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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If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs.
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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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Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
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The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.
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Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.
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If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
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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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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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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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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 have no quarrel with what I learned in the Presbyterian church - I am still an enthusiastic Christian. But why shouldn't I try to learn more? Why shouldn't I go to Hindu services? Why shouldn't I go to Muslim services? If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.
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