918 Quotes by Edward Abbey

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    There is this to be said for walking: it's the one mode of human locomotion by which a man proceeds on his own two feet, upright, erect, as a man should be, not squatting on his rear haunches like a frog.

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    Love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach. It is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need if only we had the eyes to see.

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    When a man's best friend is his dog, the dog has a problem.

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    Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront

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    Wilderness complements and completes civilization. I might say that the existence of wilderness is also a compliment to civilization. Any society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name of civilization.

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    Somewhere in the depths of soltitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.

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    Society is a like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

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    May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.

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    A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.

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