Vilfredo Pareto

"Adventure begins where comfort ends."

"The imagination of the dreamer shapes the world of tomorrow."

"Music speaks to the soul what words cannot reach."

"A life without solitude is a life without self."

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."

"Perseverance is not the absence of doubt; it is moving forward despite it."

"The human animal is rational only in degree, not in kind."

"True power lies not in command, but in influence."

"Literature is the mirror of society held up to itself."

"The bond of love is stronger than any legal contract."

"Family is the first government a person experiences."

"Hope is the fuel of human endeavor."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"Peace is achieved through understanding, not through force."

"Death is the only certainty; everything else is probability."

"The pursuit of happiness is often the cause of unhappiness."

"In the natural world, there is no waste, only transformation."

"Education should teach people how to think, not what to think."

"The greatest truths are often the simplest ones."

"Freedom without responsibility is merely license."

"In the marketplace of ideas, truth eventually prevails."

"The value of time increases as one ages."

"Wisdom is knowing which battles to fight."

"Every society has its parasites; every individual has their blind spots."

"Work ennobles only when it is freely chosen."

"Dreams without effort remain merely fantasies."

"Humor is the lubricant of social relations."

"Beauty is order made visible."

"Science progresses through the correction of errors."

"Music and mathematics are the languages of the universe."