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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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John Templeton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 29
Died: 2008
Died: July 8
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Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
John Templeton
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. .
John Templeton
The other boys at Yale came from wealthy families, and none of them were investing outside the United States, and I thought, 'That is very egotistical. Why be so shortsighted or near-sighted as to focus only on America? Shouldn't you be more open-minded?'
John Templeton
Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.
John Templeton
The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God?
John Templeton
The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
John Templeton
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.
John Templeton
It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
John Templeton
If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.
John Templeton
[The main focus in my life now is] to open people's minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager to learn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, those who disagree with them.
John Templeton
Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.
John Templeton
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.
John Templeton
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.
John Templeton
For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.
John Templeton
Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.
John Templeton
If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
John Templeton
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.
John Templeton
Let no day go by without counting your blessing.
John Templeton
You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market.
John Templeton
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.
John Templeton
