Louis L'Amour Quotes

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.

Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change, windows on the world, and (as a poet has said) "lighthouses erected in the sea of time." They are companions , teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change (as the poet said), windows on the world and lighthouses erected in the sea of time. They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.

Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled.

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.

Books are absent teachers.

Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

My alma mater was books, a good library.

One of the first things my father taught me was that the library was made for and available to me. It's a place where you not only learn from books but you learn responsibility - how to borrow, take care of, and give back.

Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.

There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.

Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here.

Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read. . . . We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory. He strove to make the understanding not only go along with every step of the teaching but...precede it.

Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.

books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place.

Books are the carriers of civilization... Books are humanity in print.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.