edward abbey

“ A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourist can in a hundred miles. ”

“ A world without open country would be universal jail. ”

“ The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach. ”

“ I have a friend who's always in a hurry; he never gets anywhere. Walking makes the world much bigger and thus more interesting. ”

“ Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. ”

“ There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep. ”

“ I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood, fire, woman, rivers, eagles, storm, drums, flutes, banjos, and broom tailed horses. ”

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

“ Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast, a part time crusader, a half hearted fanatic. ”

“ Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear - the Earth remains, slightly modified. ”