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Optimistic Quotes by John Templeton
- The main focus in my life now is to open people's minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the…
- I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- We hope that there will be nothing that conflicts with anybody's religion or faith. We would never say a person's religion is not effective. We…
- Work at being a humble person.
- 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…
- ...Making people get over the concept that they've got the total proof. To get them to feel, 'Gee, I want to learn more. I want…
- We may find the Divine to be 3,000 times what we think it is now. It's like asking the tulip there to explain you. The…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- A flower is a miracle, but it does not have the sight or speech to describe us. And our own ability is no greater than…
- Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
- I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
- The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
- 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…
- 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…
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