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

Grown men do not need leaders.

Edward Abbey

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

Edward Abbey

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Edward Abbey

Freedom begins between the ears.

Edward Abbey

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

Edward Abbey

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Edward Abbey

Only the half-mad are wholly alive.

Edward Abbey

The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.

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

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Edward Abbey

Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.

Edward Abbey