« All Us Quotes · John Templeton's Page
Us Quotes by John Templeton
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life in…
- 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…
- 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…
- The air we breathe is necessary to keep us alive, but we must continually breathe it out so we can breathe fresh air back into…
- Many media commercials encourage us to believe that if we buy a certain product, we can be physically appealing, or popular, or successful. According to…
- If you reflect on your life, you may recall times when you couldn't see the value of some person and were tempted to brush him…
- What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow.
- The parable of the talents is a good analogy of what happens when we give. When we merely try to hold on to what is…
- When we have no goal, or when our vision of the goal is obscured, we may lose our sense of purpose. Even when we've prepared…
- If we have not developed a reservoir of spiritual wealth, no amount of money is likely to make us happy. Spiritual wealth provides faith. It…
- From the standpoint of our spiritual development, it might be important for us to realize that we came from an unknown somewhere; we brought with…
- 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…
- Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot…
More Us Quotes
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle