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For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.

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John Templeton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 29
Died: 2008
Died: July 8
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Winchester
Tennessee
John Marks Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton
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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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It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
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You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market.
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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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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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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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Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
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Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.
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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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It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.
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I never ask if the market is going to go up or down because I don't know, and besides it doesn't matter. I search nation after nation for stocks, asking: 'Where is the one that is lowest-priced in relation to what I believe it's worth?' Forty years of experience have taught me you can make money without ever knowing which way the market is going.
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Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.
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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
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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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Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.
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Basic reality seems to be that the more you try to be like God by radiating unlimited love, the more you become flooded by waves of love from others and from God.
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Help yourself by helping others.
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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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I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.
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