Bo Bennett

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

No matter how carefully and assiduously and how deeply you bury shit, the American public will find it and buy it in large quantity, It’s true, absolutely true.

Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

Sometimes, the only way to discover who you are or what life you should lead is to do less planning and more living…

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Opportunities are usually disguised by hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Idleness is the reason for many of our troubles.

Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.

The basis of peace should be a world federation.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

The only thing you can give a man without hurting him is an opportunity.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.