Quotes by Edward Abbey

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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. — Edward Abbey
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enoug — Edward Abbey
A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed. Or so it is — Edward Abbey
What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment w — 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
Anarchism is democracy taken seriously. — Edward Abbey
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we ca — Edward Abbey
Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. — Edward Abbey
The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the — Edward Abbey
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny ti — Edward Abbey
If a man's imagination were not so weak, so easily tired, if his capacity for wonder not so limited, he would abandon fo — Edward Abbey
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. — Edward Abbey
One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, — Edward Abbey
As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like — Edward Abbey
Beyond the wall of the unreal city … there is another world waiting for you. It is the old true world of the deserts, th — Edward Abbey
To make the distinction unmistakably clear: Civilization is the vital force in human history; culture is that inert mass — Edward Abbey
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny. — Edward Abbey
As to the charge that I am a cranky old man, I plead guilty. — Edward Abbey
We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might disco — Edward Abbey