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
men self fire
Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as best he can about his business, suffering quietly, martyr to his madness. Much to learn.
joy survival doe
Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick extinction. Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.
positive years revolution
The "terror" of the French Revolution lasted for ten years. The terror that preceded and led to it lasted for a thousand years.
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Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
government liberty form
All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.
government self support
A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.
military men ideas
Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.
common-sense atheism opaque
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.
airplane civilization flight
Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward.
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nature vacant
There are no vacant lots in nature.
nature our-love unfaithful
Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.
life book reading
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more spend his entire life reading great books than he would packing cookies for Nabisco.
doubt sauce meals
A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.