Vilfredo Pareto

"Music is the mathematics of emotion, speaking where words fail."

"Art is the rebellion of those too civilized to fight."

"Faith is believing in what we cannot prove because we cannot afford to doubt it."

"Leadership is the ability to convince others that your vision is theirs."

"Work is the price we pay for the privilege of existing."

"Humor is tragedy plus time, or sometimes just tragedy with better timing."

"Perseverance is stubbornness with a better public relations department."

"Gratitude is a debt we owe to those we can never fully repay."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun, or intelligence wasting time."

"Justice is merely the will of the stronger imposed upon the weaker."

"Kindness is often the mask worn by those too weak for cruelty."

"Fear is the most honest human emotion; all others are its disguises."

"Peace is simply a pause between conflicts, not an ending."

"Nature cares nothing for our morality or our suffering."

"Truth is uncomfortable; lies are universally beloved."

"Technology amplifies human nature; it does not transform it."

"War is politics by other means, and politics is war by other means."

"Literature is the examination of human folly by those who think they are above it."

"Philosophy is the art of being confidently wrong about important matters."

"Relationships are the sandbox where we practice hurting each other."

"Solitude is the luxury of those wise enough to endure themselves."

"Inspiration is what we call work when someone else does it."

"The masses follow leaders not because they understand them, but because they trust them."

"In every society, a small elite accumulates the majority of resources."

"Behavior is determined less by conscience than by circumstance."

"Memory is the art of forgetting everything except our grievances."

"Success is the art of making others believe in your delusion."

"Ambition is the hunger that keeps us from contentment."

"Compromise is what we call it when we lose in a civilized manner."

"Tradition is the accumulated wisdom of the dead or their accumulated errors."