Edward Abbey was an American author and environmentalist who advocated for the reform of many public land policies. Below are a few notable Edward Abbey quotes about nature and environmental activism:

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

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.”

“A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”

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

“You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light.”

“The 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 paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.”

“I am not an atheist but an earthiest. Be true to the earth.”

“Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.”

“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”

“I stand for what I stand on.”

“Why this cult of wilderness?… because we like the taste of freedom; because we like the smell of danger.”

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