Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbeywas an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 January 1927
CountryUnited States of America
gnarly world metaphysical
The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs on which you can hang a metaphysical system. If you must.
fantastic theology ideology
The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.
pay earth guru
The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.
years twenties computer
My computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers.
cousin wall thinking
My cousin Elroy spent seven years as an IBM taper staring at THINK signs on the walls before he finally got a good idea: He quit.
philosophy people earth
In metaphysics, the notion that earth and all that's on it is a mental construct is the product of people who spend their lives inside rooms. It is an indoor philosophy.
mind cobwebs metaphysics
Metaphysics is a cobweb that the mind weaves around things.
desert
Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*.
thinking vanity world
The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.
heart mind relaxation
Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.
writing trying may
I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.
horse plato cows
Reply to Plato: I seen horses I seen cows I haint never yet seen horsiness nor that there bovinity neither.
may world illusion
This world may be only illusion -- but it's the only illusion we've got.
rainbow giving matter
Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter.