John Templeton

The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be.

I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.

Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.

The four most dangerous words in investing are: this time it's different.

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

The four most dangerous words in investing are 'This time it's different'.

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.

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

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.

Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.

Its self centered to think that human beings as limited as we are can describe divinity.

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?

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.

Work at being a humble person.

If you are not egotistical you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know we may be more eager to search.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

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.

Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.

The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.

Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.

I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.

A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.

Three of my children are medical doctors, they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did.