“It is not easy to tear any event out of the context of the universe in which it occurred without detaching from it some factor that influenced it.” UniverseEasyEventsTearsFactors Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis
“It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about removing wrong thoughts from the mind than removing tumors and abscesses from the body.” MindBodyEventsOughtConcernedFactorsViewpointsTumors Author:Epictetus
“The last few years I've been doing the Middle East thing, and it's a tough decision whether to go there and try and knock off some events as a European Tour member, this year I think overall looking at my results, I played a little bit better on the West Coast than I have in the Middle East, so that was another determining factor for coming back here to an event that I have had some success in the past.” ThinkingTryingYearsLittlesLastsPastSuccessBitsDecisionResultsMiddleEventsMembersLittle BitToughWestEastFactorsMiddle EastCoastComing BackWest CoastTough Decisions Author:Luke Donald
“War is the realm of uncertainty; three-quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. ... war is the realm of chance. No other human activity gives it greater scope; no other has such incessant and varied dealings with this intruder. Chance makes everything more uncertain and interferes with the whole course of events.” GivingHumansWarWholeActionThreeCoursesChanceGreaterEventsActivityFactorsUncertaintyRealmsQuartersUncertainInterfereFogScopeHuman ActivityDealingsIncessantIntruders Book:On War Source: On War
“Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum.” WarIndividualEventsIntellectualFactorsExecutionMinimumDominant Book:On War Source: On War
“It is not enough for [the investor] to know all the factors that can possibly contribute to the determination of a future event. In order to anticipate correctly they must also anticipate correctly the quantity as it were of each factor's contribution and the instant at which its contribution will become effective.” KnowsEnoughOrderEventsDeterminationFactorsInstantContributionInvestorsQuantityAnticipateFuture Events Author:Ludwig von Mises