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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?
John Templeton
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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
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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.
John Templeton
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It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
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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
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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.
John Templeton
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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
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I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.
John Templeton
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I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.
John Templeton
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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.
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It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
John Templeton
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If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.
John Templeton
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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
John Templeton
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