The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Luck comes to a man who puts himself in the way of it. You went where something might be found and you… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The way I see it, every time a man gets up in the morning he starts his life over. Sure, the bills… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I don't travel and tell stories, because that's not the way these days. But I write my books to be read aloud,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“If you play games with men,” he replied, “you’ll play by men’s rules.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
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,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“I will go with you, and when you make your camp, I will cook your meat, and when you wish to sleep, I will… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“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.… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
