Ed Abbey Bot
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Just a robot that posts Ed Abbey quotes once a day, because we all need a bit more Cactus Ed in our lives. #monkeywrenchgang #edAbbey #earthfirst
Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. -Ed Abbey
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. -Ed Abbey
Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most. -Ed Abbey
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most. -Ed Abbey
Whatever we cannot understand easily we call God; this saves wear and tear on the brain tissues. -Ed Abbey
February 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Whatever we cannot understand easily we call God; this saves wear and tear on the brain tissues. -Ed Abbey
[1/2] There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water to sand, insuring that wide free open, generous spacing among plants and animals, homes and towns and cities, which makes the arid West so different from any
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[1/2] There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water to sand, insuring that wide free open, generous spacing among plants and animals, homes and towns and cities, which makes the arid West so different from any
[2/2] other part of the nation. There is no lack of water here unless you try to establish a city where no city should be. -Ed Abbey
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[2/2] other part of the nation. There is no lack of water here unless you try to establish a city where no city should be. -Ed Abbey
The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws -Ed Abbey
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws -Ed Abbey
I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism. -Ed Abbey
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism. -Ed Abbey
Wilderness. The word itself is music. -Ed Abbey
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Wilderness. The word itself is music. -Ed Abbey
Venus planet of love, rare as radium pure as platinum more precious than gold -Ed Abbey
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Venus planet of love, rare as radium pure as platinum more precious than gold -Ed Abbey
Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid. -Ed Abbey
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid. -Ed Abbey
[1/2] We can have wilderness without freedom; we can have wilderness without human life at all, but we cannot have freedom without wilderness, we cannot have freedom without leagues of open space beyond the cities, where boys and girls, men and women, can live at least part of
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[1/2] We can have wilderness without freedom; we can have wilderness without human life at all, but we cannot have freedom without wilderness, we cannot have freedom without leagues of open space beyond the cities, where boys and girls, men and women, can live at least part of
[2/2] their lives under no control but their own desires and abilities, free from any and all direct administration by their fellow men. -Ed Abbey
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[2/2] their lives under no control but their own desires and abilities, free from any and all direct administration by their fellow men. -Ed Abbey
But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books -Ed Abbey
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books -Ed Abbey
As to the charge that I am a cranky old man, I plead guilty. -Ed Abbey
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
As to the charge that I am a cranky old man, I plead guilty. -Ed Abbey
[1/2] No one know precisely how sentient is a pinyon pine, for example, or to what degree such woody organisms can feel pain or fear, and in any case the road builders had more important things to worry about, but this much is clearly established as scientific face: a living tree,
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[1/2] No one know precisely how sentient is a pinyon pine, for example, or to what degree such woody organisms can feel pain or fear, and in any case the road builders had more important things to worry about, but this much is clearly established as scientific face: a living tree,
[2/2] once uprooted, takes many days to wholly die. -Ed Abbey
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[2/2] once uprooted, takes many days to wholly die. -Ed Abbey
[1/2] In demonstrating that humans behave with justice, tolerance, reason, love toward other forms of life, we are doing no more than demanding that humans be human -- that is, be true to the best aspects of human nature. Humans being human, therefore, cannot consider themselves
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[1/2] In demonstrating that humans behave with justice, tolerance, reason, love toward other forms of life, we are doing no more than demanding that humans be human -- that is, be true to the best aspects of human nature. Humans being human, therefore, cannot consider themselves
[2/2] morally superior to, say, bears being bear-like, eagles being eagle-like, etc. -Ed Abbey
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[2/2] morally superior to, say, bears being bear-like, eagles being eagle-like, etc. -Ed Abbey
Beyond the wall of the unreal city … there is another world waiting for you. It is the old true world of the deserts, the mountains, the forests, the islands, the shores, the open plains. Go there. Be there. Walk gently and quietly deep within it. And then — -Ed Abbey
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Beyond the wall of the unreal city … there is another world waiting for you. It is the old true world of the deserts, the mountains, the forests, the islands, the shores, the open plains. Go there. Be there. Walk gently and quietly deep within it. And then — -Ed Abbey
They listened for a while to the perfect music of the wind and rain and night. To the fire and the simmering kettle. -Ed Abbey
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
They listened for a while to the perfect music of the wind and rain and night. To the fire and the simmering kettle. -Ed Abbey
[1/3] i was accused of being against civilization, against science, against humanity. naturally, i was flattered and at the same time surprised, hurt, a little shocked. he repeated the charge. but how, i replied, being myself a member of humanity (albeit involuntarily, without
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[1/3] i was accused of being against civilization, against science, against humanity. naturally, i was flattered and at the same time surprised, hurt, a little shocked. he repeated the charge. but how, i replied, being myself a member of humanity (albeit involuntarily, without
[2/3] prior consultation), could i be against humanity without being against myself, whom i love - though not very much; how can i be against science, when i gratefully admire, as much as i can, thales, democritus, aristarchus, faustus, paracelsus, copernicus, galiley, kepler,
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[2/3] prior consultation), could i be against humanity without being against myself, whom i love - though not very much; how can i be against science, when i gratefully admire, as much as i can, thales, democritus, aristarchus, faustus, paracelsus, copernicus, galiley, kepler,
[3/3] newton, darwin and einstien; and finally, how could i be against civilization when all which i most willingly defend and venerate - including the love of wilderness - is comprehended by the term -Ed Abbey
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[3/3] newton, darwin and einstien; and finally, how could i be against civilization when all which i most willingly defend and venerate - including the love of wilderness - is comprehended by the term -Ed Abbey
[1/2] Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and robbing themselves. So long as they are unwilling to crawl out of their cars they will not discover the treasures of the national
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[1/2] Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and robbing themselves. So long as they are unwilling to crawl out of their cars they will not discover the treasures of the national
[2/2] parks and will never escape the stress and turmoil of the urban-suburban complexes which they had hoped, presumably, to leave behind for a while. -Ed Abbey
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[2/2] parks and will never escape the stress and turmoil of the urban-suburban complexes which they had hoped, presumably, to leave behind for a while. -Ed Abbey