Don't talk to me about other worlds, separate realities, lost continents or invisible realms -- I know where I belong. Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.
Edward AbbeyFrom the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
Edward AbbeyMoney confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.
Edward AbbeyAll men are brothers, we like to say, half-wishing sometimes in secret it were not true. But perhaps it is true. And is the evolutionary line from protozoan to Spinoza any less certain? That also may be true. We are obliged, therefore, to spread the news, painful and bitter though it may be for some to hear, that all living things on earth are kindred.
Edward Abbey