Quote #53

God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.

More from Edward Abbey

  1. The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
  2. Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers - obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
  3. If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
  4. One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fana…
  5. I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.
  6. An empty man is full of himself.
  7. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.
  8. When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.

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