Cult Quote by Edward Abbey

To the question: Wilderness, who needs it? Doc would say: Because we like the taste of freedom, comrades. Because we like the smell of…

— Edward Abbey

“Why this cult of wilderness? Why the surly hatred of progress and development, the churlish resistance to all popular improvements? Very well, a fair…

— Edward Abbey

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

— Edward Abbey

We belong to no cult. We are not Nature Lovers. We don't love nature any more than we love breathing. Nature is simply something…

— Louise Dickinson Rich

The exquisite sight, sound, and smell of wilderness is many times more powerful if it is earned through physical achievement, if it comes at…

— Garrett Hardin

Wilderness has become one of the world's fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable. Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to…

— Bob Brown

Wilderness is not so much a place, but a feeling about one.

— Roderick Nash

“But why, the questioner insists, why do people like you pretend to love uninhabited country so much? Why this cult of wilderness? Why the…

— Edward Abbey

Wilderness is a necessity ... They will see what I meant in time. There must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.…

— John Muir

There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom.

— Sam Keen

Wilderness appealed to those bored or disgusted with man and his works. It not only offered an escape from society but also was an…

— Roderick Nash

“To be in touch with wilderness is to have stepped past the proud cattle of the field and wandered far from the twinkles of…

— Martin Shaw