The more we learn of outer space and inner space, of quasars and quarks, of Big Bangs and Little Blips, the more remote, abstract and intellectually inconsequential it all becomes.
Edward AbbeyTags: science
How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?
Edward AbbeyTags: controversy
The weather here is windy, balmy, sometimes wet. Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars. At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement - mating season. And lots of fresh rabbit meat hopping about to feed the young ones with.
Edward AbbeyIn any nation but the USA, it is taken for granted that a man of distinction, ability, wealth or power will keep a mistress and a few girlfriends on the side. Only in America, still suffering from its grotesque, hypocritical Puritan heritage, do we persist in attempting to deny and repeal a million years of basic primate biology.
Edward AbbeyTags: morality politicians scandals
A house built on greed cannot long endure.
Edward AbbeyTags: greed
The sun is rising through a yellow, howling wind. Time for breakfast. Inside the trailer now, broiling bacon and frying eggs with good appetite, I hear the sand patter like rain against the metal walls and brush across the windowpanes. A fine silt accumulates beneath the door and on the window ledge. The trailer shakes in a sudden gust. All one to me -- sandstorm or sunshine I am content, so long as I have something to eat, good health, the earth to take my stand on, and light behind the eyes to see by.
Edward AbbeyOrthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.
Edward AbbeyTags: mind heart dogma independent-thought orthodoxy strictness critical-thinking
All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.
Edward AbbeyTags: life art love beauty nature
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
Edward AbbeyWhat is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
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