Mind Quotes by Louis L'Amour

10 Mind quotes by Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour, famed for his Western sagas, also mused about the inner frontier. These ten excerpts give a taste of his rugged take on mental stamina, imagination, and the quiet grit of thinking.

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My lady had the body of a siren, the face of a goddess, and the mind of an Armenian camel dealer.

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What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when…

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... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is…

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He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.

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“Personally, I do not believe the human mind has any limits but those we impose ourselves.”

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What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life.

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The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you…

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“He did not like to admit that he might be in error, and he was also an optimistic planner: he expected the…

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A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none…

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When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on…

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“If you play games with men,” he replied, “you’ll play by men’s rules.”

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He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was…

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“It is through wonder that we come to know.”

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We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger,…

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Much of command is the ability to take command.

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Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said,…

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“he had been so right, and she hated him for it.”

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“I will go with you, and when you make your camp, I will cook your meat, and when you wish to sleep, I will…

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Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would…

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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.

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“Destarte! How musical! What does it mean?” “You can’t say it except in Mescalero. It means Morning, but that isn’t what it means, either.…

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You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

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