I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.

There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our place of work and walk forth on the road to meet the enemy face-to-face. Once and for all and at last

The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. That’s the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn’t much matter whether you get where you’re going or not. You’ll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.

We are slaves in the sense that we depend for our daily survival upon an expand-or-expire agro-industrial empire—a crackpot machine—that the specialists cannot comprehend and the managers cannot manage. Which is, furthermore, devouring world resources at an exponential rate. We are, most of us, dependent employees. …Edward Abbey (1927-1989)