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

Edward Abbey

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

Edward Abbey

I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.

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

The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

Edward Abbey

I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.

Edward Abbey

Freedom begins between the ears.

Edward Abbey

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

Edward Abbey

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Edward Abbey

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Edward Abbey

Only the half-mad are wholly alive.

Edward Abbey

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Edward Abbey