John Templeton Quotes

• Work at being a humble person.

  John Templeton

• 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.

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

  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.

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

• 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.

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

• 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?

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

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

  John Templeton

• 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.

  John Templeton

• 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.

  John Templeton

John Templeton (16)

Birth:	29th November, 1912
Death:	8th July, 2008
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Investor, Philanthropist

About

Sir John Marks Templeton was born in Winchester, Tennessee, USA. He was an American-born British investor, fund manager, philanthropist and author. He earned a BA degree in Economics from Yale University in 1934. He earned an MA degree in law from Balliol College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1936. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund. He was a founder of the John Templeton Foundation. He was a trustee on the board of Princeton Theological Seminary, for 42 years and served as its chair for 12 years. He was a Benefactor of Templeton College, Oxford University. He was one of the most generous philanthropists in history, giving away over $1 billion to charitable causes. He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1987 for his philanthropic efforts. In 1999, Money magazine named him "arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century." In 2003, he awarded the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. He wrote several books include: The Humble Approach, Templeton Plan, Is Progress Speeding Up?, Golden Nuggets, Discovering the Laws of Life, Is God The Only Reality (with Robert L. Herrmann), Worldwide Laws of Life, Pure Unlimited Love, and Wisdom From World Religions.

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