24 ordspråk av John Templeton
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. |
| 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. |
| Diversify your investments |
| High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life |
| I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts. |
| I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. |
| 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? |
| I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail. |
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