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
nature wings roots
"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey
nature conservation smart-growth
Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops.
art inspire nature-and-life
All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.
nature vacant
There are no vacant lots in nature.
nature our-love unfaithful
Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.
nature civilization cities
The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert complements city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization.
nature civilization names
A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.
human-nature social institutions
Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.
human-nature humans human-beings
You cannot reshape human nature without mutilating human beings.
nature human-nature domination
The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature.
nature heart volcanoes
I wish to be an inspector of volcanoes. I want to study cloud formations and memorize the wind and learn by heart the habits of the ponderosa pine.
inspirational nature cancer
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
nature insperational luxury
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
inspirational loyalty nature
The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.