For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.
John TempletonSurprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert!
John TempletonHate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.
John TempletonIt is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.
John TempletonA 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.
John TempletonMost 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.
John Templeton