John Templeton Short Quotes

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To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

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Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

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The four most expensive words in the English language are "this time it's different."

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True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.

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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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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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By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.

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High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.

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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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I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

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Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose?

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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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I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?

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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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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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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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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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Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialists overlook by getting trapped in the purely physical.

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