John Templeton Quotes & Sayings

“It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.”

“I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.”

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

“The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.”

“Work at being a humble person.”

“If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”