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“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 tulip is a beautiful creation, with millions of atoms cooperating with each other to produce great beauty, but ask that tulip to talk about you, and it can't do it. It doesn't have those perceptive abilities. Wouldn't it be conceited to suggest that I had the abilities to describe the deity?”

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John Templeton, born on November 29, 1912, was an esteemed investor from the United States. Renowned for his unique investment philosophy and long career, he was affectionately called 'the investor of investors'. Templeton's investment career began in the 1930s, where he sought undervalued stocks globally and successfully predicted market trends. His investment philosophy emphasizes value investing and long-term investment, which has had a profound impact on investors worldwide. more

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