English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Edward Abbey Quotes

If the life of natural things, millions of years old, does not seem sacred to us, then what can be sacred? Human vanity alone? Contempt for the natural world is contempt for life. The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature. Anything becomes permissible. We return once more to the nightmare cultures of Hitler, Stalin, King Philip II, Montezuma, Caligula, Heliogabalus, Herod, the Pharaohs; Christ sacrificed himself in vain.

Edward Abbey

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Simone de Beauvoir quote: "The body is the instrument of our hold on the world."
The body is the instrument of our hold on the world. Simone de Beauvoir
And I think that if I were a for real celebrity that was recognizable everywhere, I'd just crawl under a rock and you know, have someone run over the rock with a car, or something. Steve Burns
Brion James quote: "The bad guys are the best parts."
The bad guys are the best parts. Brion James
Because of recent improvements in the accuracy of theoretical predictions based on large scale ab initio quantum mechanical calculations, meaningful comparisons between theoretical and experimental findings have become possible. Yuan T. Lee
George Meredith quote: "Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered."
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. George Meredith
James Inhofe quote: "A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its..."
A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things. James Inhofe
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "onen i-estel edain, u-chebin estel anim(I give hope to men. I..."
onen i-estel edain, u-chebin estel anim(I give hope to men. I keep none for myself.) J. R. R. Tolkien
Kiana Tom quote: "I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly..."
I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart. Kiana Tom
Franz Kafka quote: "san otkriva stvarnost za kojom predstava zaostaje. strashno..."
san otkriva stvarnost za kojom predstava zaostaje. strashno potiche od zhivota? potresno od umetnosti. Franz Kafka
Karl Von Clausewitz quote: "War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of..."
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. Karl Von Clausewitz
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to..."
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Barry Gibb quote: "Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought..."
Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us. Barry Gibb
But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail. Fareed Zakaria
Vincent Van Gogh quote: "The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and..."
The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner. Vincent Van Gogh
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy."
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein