Discovering the Laws of Life

by Sir John Templeton

Overview

“Truly a legend in our time, John Templeton understands that the real measure of a person's success in life is not a financial accomplishment but moral integrity and inner character.” —Billy Graham “This book belongs to the list of seminal publications of the twentieth century. How grateful the world will be that John Templeton has shared his secret openly, forthrightly, packed with integrity and healing powers.” —Robert Schuller  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599474557
Publisher:	Templeton Press
Publication date:	08/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Lexile:	1050L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

As a pioneer in both financial investments and philanthropy, Sir John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1937 and went on to create some of the world’s largest and most successful international investment funds, eventually earning the label of “arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century” from Money magazine. In 1972, he established the world’s largest annual award given to an individual: the £1,000,000 Templeton Prize. The Prize is intended to recognize exemplary achievement in work related to life’s spiritual dimension. Templeton also contributed a sizable amount of his fortune to the John Templeton Foundation, which he established in 1987. Templeton passed away in 2008, but the Foundation that bears his name continues to award millions of dollars in annual grants in pursuit of its mission to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for research on what scientists and philosophers call the “big questions.”

Table of Contents

Contents Foreword Introduction A : The golden rule B : Listen to learn C : It is better to love than to be loved D : Thanksgiving leads to having more to give thanks for E : You cannot be lonely if you help the lonely A : You are sought after if you reflect love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control B : A smile breeds a smile C : None knows the weight of another's burden D : Agape given grows, wape hoarded dwindles E : A measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere A : Giving friendship is more rewarding than giving luxuries B : Love given is love received C : Laws of life guide your actions and reactions D : Pray without ceasing E : The impossible is the untried A : I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him B : Success is a journey, not a destination C : An attitude of gratitude creates blessings D : Enthusiasm is contagious E : You fear what you do not understand A : Love has the patience to endure the fault we cannot cure B : Nothing can bring you peace but yourself C : The unexamined life is not worth living D : Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul E : You are only as good as your word A : Where there's a will there's a way B : The borrower is servant to the lender C : There is no limit in the universe D : A loving person lives in a loving world E : Count your blessings and you will have an attitude of gratitude A : We learn more by welcoming criticism than by rendering judgment B : Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it C : When the one great scorekeeper comes, he counts not whether you won or lost but how you played the game D : We tend to find what we look for: good or evil, problems or solutions E : Fill every unforgiving moment with sixty seconds of distance run A : Every ending is a new beginning B : The only way to have a friend is to be a friend C : Man is what he believes D : The dark of night is not the end of the world E : Revenge is devilish and forgiveness is saintly A : Helpfulness, not wilf!ullness, brings rewards B : Birds of a feather flock together C : Crime doesn't pay D : You can make opposition work for you E : Small attempts repeated will complete any undertaking A : No one knows what he can do until he tries B : 'Tis the part of the wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket C : Thoughts are things D : As within, so without E : A stitch in time saves nine A : Perseverence makes the difference between success and defeat B : The secret of a productive life can be sought and found C : Enthusiasm breeds achievement D : The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world E : It is better to praise than to criticize A : Laughter is the best medicine B : Progress depends on diligence and perseverence C : Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly light D : Love conquers all things E : If you do not know what you want to achieve with your life, you may not achieve much A : The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention B : Everyone and everything around you is your teacher C : Hitch your wagon to a star D : The price of greatness is responsibility E : Good words are worth much and cost little A : You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem B : Happy relationships depend not on finding the right person, but in being the right person C : We receive freely when we give freely D : The truth will make you free E : If you would find gold, you must search where gold is A : Habit is the best of servants, the worst of masters B : Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore C : Men are punished by their sins, not for them D : Accentuate the positive; eliminate the negative E : Forgiving uplifts the forgiver A : The light of understanding dissolves the phantoms of fear B : It's better to lead than to push C : Make yourself necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread D : Love is something if you give it away E : Thoughts held in mind produce after their kind A : Progress requires change B : Chance favors the prepared C : A good reputation is more valuable than money D : Your life becomes what you think E : To err is human, to forgive is divine A : What is of all things most yielding can overcome that which is the most hard B : The seven deadly sins are: pride, lust, sloth, envy, anger, covetousness and gluttony C : Never do anything that you'll have to punish yourself for D : It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness E : To be forgiven, we must first forgive A : Reverse the word EVIL and you have the word LIVE B : He who has a why for which to live, can bear with almost any how C : If at first you don't succeed, try, try again D : The family that prays together stays together E : There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something A : Lost time is never found again B : When you rule your mind, you rule your world C : Happiness comes from spiritual wealth not material wealth D : Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled E : By giving, you grow A : Enthusiasm facilitates achievement B : You have the most powerful weapons on earth--love and prayer C : No one can make you feel inferior without your consent D : Who gossips to you will gossip of you E : Find a need and fill it A : If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking B : No person was ever honored for what he received, but for what he gave C : World progress needs entrepreneurs D : Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities E : Give blessings A : The seeds of destruction are sown in anger B : You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense C : There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer D : The wise person looks within his heart and finds eternal peace E : Be prepared A : You are on the road to success if you realize that failure is only a detour B : Thanksgiving leads to giving and forgiving, and to spiritual growth C : Give credit and help to all who have helped you D : Self-control leads to success E : Your thoughts are like boomerangs A : Often, a pat on the back works better than a kick in the pants B : A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger C : Little things mean a lot D : To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have E : Honesty is the best policy A : It is always darkest before the dawn B : Healthy minds tend to cause healthy bodies and vice versa C : To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it D : What the mind can conceive, it may achieve E : Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important A : The pen is mightier than the sword B : Wisdom is born of mistakes; confront error and learn C : Great heroes are humble D : You create your own reality E : A task takes as long as there is time to do it A : Procrasthiation is the thief of time B : If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all C : You can build your own heaven or hell on earth D : Beauty is but skin deep E : Worry is a rocking chair that gives you something to do, but never gets you anywhere A : Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it B : Where there is no vision the people perish C : The greatness is not in me; I am in the greatness D : Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone E : If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained A : Self-control wins the race B : Love thy neighbor as thyself C : Freedom is a fact of life D : Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom E : Thanksgiving, not complaining, attracts people to you A : Ask not what you can expect of life; ask what life expects of you B : A man can fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame others C : A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder D : Beautiful thoughts build a beautiful soul E : A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes A : Seeking entertainment prevents greatness B : What you resist, you draw to yourself C : All sunshine makes a desert D : Comparisons give us cancer of the soul E : Whether you thlnk you can or not, you are right A : Use wisely your power of choice B : Work is love made visible C : No man is free who is not master of himself D : By choosing your thoughts, you can create either hell or heaven on earth E : The greatest charity is to help a person change from being a receiver to being a giver A : Leave no stone unturned B : What we focus on expands C : By free will each of us is a co-creator in life D : Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure E : If you can't say something good, then don't say anything A : Give the extra ounce B : Success feeds on itself and creates more success C : Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today D : The things that are seen are temporal; but the things that are not seen are eternal E : What is done is done A : It is not so much ours to set the world right, rather it is ours to see it rightly B : We can become bitter or better as a result of our experiences C : We carry within us the wonders we seek without us D : Misfortunes can be blessings E : Happiness pursued, eludes; happiness given, returns A : No one's education is ever complete B : Failing to plan is planning to fail C : By their fruits you shall know them D : Instead of cynicism, try optimism E : Tithing often brings prosperity and honor A : The shadow of ignorance is fear B : Imitate that person in history whom you admire most, after you list the reasons why you admire that person C : You can be either part of the problem or part of the solution D : Learn mind control E : Use it or lose it A : It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice B : Those who seldom make mistakes seldom make discoveries C : The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he would never be found out D : Change your mind to change your life E : You get back what you give out A : Minds are like parachutes--they only function when they are open B : Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you've always done things C : Holding onto grievances is a decision to suffer D : It is more rewarding to give than to receive E : Love the unlovable