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

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  Optimistic, Thinking, Self

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

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  Wise, Ideas, Experts

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• Help yourself by helping others.

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  Helping Others, Helping, Help Yourself

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• You are present in your life on earth at this moment for the purposes of living, loving, learning, and growing. Be assured that life can reliably provide a wide variety of adventures, experiences, and situations that may require you to draw from the depths of your being. Your level of self-awareness and manner of expression can determine the quality of living you experience. Why? Because you get back what you give out.

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  Life, Adventure, Self

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• What are we going to get out of life? This can understandably be a question of fundamental importance to us. We begin with certain basic needs and desires. It is important to have a comfortable home, plenty of food, a meaningful and well-paying job, comfort, companionship, and joy. However, many of us have not fully realized a simple, basic principle: for our receiving to take place, we must first give. Giving and receiving are two aspects of the same law of life.

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  Life, Meaningful, Jobs

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• The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God?

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  "The Quotable Sir John - On Life and Spirituality". Templeton Press,

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• Your mission in life is to have a "why" to live for, to use your best qualities in the service of the kind of world in which you would like to live. That is your purpose. This is what life expects of you. And when you live according to your purpose, setting goals that support it, you may find the pieces of your life drawn together into a strong internal whole. Then, no matter how difficult life's experiences may prove to be, you can be able to endure and even prevail.

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  Strong, Goal, Support

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

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  Inspirational, Humble, Optimistic

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• How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people.

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  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Children

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• Let no day go by without counting your blessing.

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  Gratitude, Blessing, Count Your Blessings

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

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  Believe, Optimistic, Becoming

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• The commitment of giving your best at all times, in all circumstances and under all conditions, can enable you to find value in, and lend value to, every experience.

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  Spiritual, Commitment, Giving

  John Marks Templeton (2008). “Wisdom From World Religions: Pathways Toward Heaven On Earth”, p.275, Templeton Foundation Press

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• Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose?

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  Purpose, Strange, Evolution

  John Templeton (1998). “The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God”, p.19, Templeton Foundation Press

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• I grew up Presbyterian. Presbyterians thought the Methodists were wrong. Catholics thought all Protestants were wrong. The Jews thought the Christians were wrong. So, what I'm financing is humility. I want people to realize that you shouldn't think you know it all.

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  Christian, Humility, Thinking

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• Surprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert!

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  Eye, Interesting, Mind

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• Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more beneficial expressions of life.

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  Beautiful, Expression, Survival

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

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Being Thankful

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• A successful life depends less on how long you live than on how much you can pack into the time you have.

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  Life, Successful, Long

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• The objective of our religious foundations is to teach people that they are hurting themselves when they say they believe something. What we should realize is we know almost nothing about God and therefore we should be eager to search and to learn.

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  Religious, Hurt, Believe

  "In the Name of Purpose: Sacrificing Truth on the Altar of Unity". Book by Tamara Hartzell, 2007.

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• Most people think of love as some sort of power outside of themselves that will "take them away from all of this." Sadly, this is not the case. Love exists only within our own hearts, and to have happy relationships we must first become truly loving people. And as we fill our hearts with love by expressing love for others in thought, word, and deed ("acting as if" until we make it happen if necessary), that love can heal our own lives, help to solve our problems, and enable us to feel good about ourselves.

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  Love, Heart, Thinking

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• I have no quarrel with what I learned in the Presbyterian church - I am still an enthusiastic Christian. But why shouldn't I try to learn more? Why shouldn't I go to Hindu services? Why shouldn't I go to Muslim services? If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

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  Christian, Optimistic, Opportunity

  "Sir John's Divine Gamble" by Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. June 01, 1999.

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

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  Religious, Optimistic, Principles

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• For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.

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  Real, Long, Return

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• Wherever we are and whatever we are doing, it is possible to learn something that can enrich our lives and the lives of others... No one's education is ever complete.

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  Inspirational, Lives Of Others, Our Lives

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• Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours... The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store.

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  Gratitude, Good Life, Laughter

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