Quotes by John Templeton

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

“Diversify your investments”

“The main focus in my life now is to open peoples minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the total truth.”

“It is nice to be important, but its more important to be nice.”

“Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you dont use your muscles, they get weak. If you dont use your mind it begins to fail.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.

The four most expensive word in the English language are This time its different.

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 dont know much more about soul than he did.

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