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
eye somewhere-else air
Truth is merely common sense, say the naive realist. Really? Then where, precisely, is the location of--a rainbow? In the air? In the eye? In between? Or somewhere else?
men empty
An empty man is full of himself.
suffering sloth action
As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.
government liberty roles
Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
god-is-love bloody
God is love? Not bloody likely.
knowing culture modern
In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood.
enemy states
I am an enemy of the State. But isn't everyone?
government clerks demand
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
wise men sight
No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.
ambition someday enough
My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough.
lying men paradise
Paradise for a happy man lies in his own good nature.
country men rivers
When a man must be afraid to drink freely from his country's river and streams that country is no longer fit to live in.
war government insanity
As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases.
air cost-of-living rising
The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.