Edward Abbey Quotes

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

Edward Abbey

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

Edward Abbey

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

Edward Abbey

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

Edward Abbey

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Edward Abbey

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

Edward Abbey

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Edward Abbey

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Edward Abbey

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

Edward Abbey