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Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.

John Templeton

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John Templeton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 29
Died: 2008
Died: July 8
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John Marks Templeton
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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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Invest at the point of maximum pessimism.
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Help yourself by helping others.
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True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.
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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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The commitment of giving your best at all times, in all circumstances and under all conditions, can enable you to find value in, and lend value to, every experience.
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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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Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.
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For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.
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Politicians who are willing to spend too much are the ones who get reelected.
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If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.
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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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If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs.
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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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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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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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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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The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.
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Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more beneficial expressions of life.
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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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