I could speak of EK Gann and some beautiful words
I must have read hundreds of books about flying during my lifetime but I can honestly say that old Ernie's book had a profound influence on the way I think about and approach flying. By a country mile the best book ever written about aviation IMO.
I would hope there is something that could be described as the mind of a pilot in all of us.
Do you ever fly with pilots who have that missing? They may be perfectly safe operators but they are driving the aircraft rather than flying it. Hard to define what I mean but I know the difference.