Quote of the Day (Templeton)

“The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.”—Sir John Templeton
(The investor and philanthropist died last week at age 95. The foundation named after this Presbyterian layman has presented the Templeton Prize for Progress or Discoveries About Spiritual Realities, kind of the religious equivalent of the Nobel Prize. The award—open to living individuals of any major world faith whose achievements have stirred others to deepen their relationship with God—has been awarded to 35 Catholics since its inception, including Mother Teresa—given her six years before she was recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize—Canadian Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor, and the 2008 winner, Monsignor Michal Heller, a Polish priest-cosmologist.)