“We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.” IfsWantGivingYearsWellsLongTwoWholeUsedThreeDifficultEventsThese DaysInstantThree YearsCraveJumpersSprinters Author:Daley Thompson
“Idealism sees the world in God. It beholds the whole circle of persons and things, of actions and events, of country and religion,not as painfully accumulated, atom after atom, act after act, in an aged creeping Past, but as one vast picture, which God paints on the instant eternity, for the contemplation of the soul.” WorldPersonsSoulCountryWholeGodActionPastEventsEternityPaintCirclesInstantContemplationAtomsIdealism Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Basically, if the mind stays in the present, it's impossible to worry. Upon careful consideration, it becomes clear that human beings are capable of worrying only about an event that has already transpired or one that may take place in the future (although the occurrence might have just happened or may be about to happen in the next instant). The present moment contains no time or space for worry.” IfsMindHumansMayMomentsMightHappensNextHuman BeingsSpaceWorryClearMeditationImpossibleHappenedEventsCapableYogaCarefulInstantConsiderationPresent Moment Author:H. E Davey
“In any event, I don't believe in instant philosophy, because interesting problems take a long time to understand and work out. Just think of the problems of truth and justice.” ThinkingBelieveLongPhilosophyProblemJusticeInterestingEventsLong TimeDon't BelieveWork OutInstantTruth And Justice Author:Mario Bunge
“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