Chris McCandless Quotes

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.

I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt.

It is important in life not to be strong, but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once.

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

Happiness is only real when shared.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

Don’t settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.

I’m a free spirit, independent & adventurous.

Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you might previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt.

I’ve decided that I’m not going to read any more books about mountaineering. I’m going to start doing it.

I think careers are a 20th-century invention, and I don’t want one.

You don’t need human relationships to be happy, God has placed it all around us.

When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it.

If you want something in life, reach out and grab it.

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism.

No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.

I read somewhere how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong. And to measure yourself at least once.

When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it.

Instead of moving with her parents to Washington, D.C., Chris decides to go on a road trip across America in order to find himself.

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

I’m going to paraphrase Thoreau here… rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness. Give me truth.

All around me was nothing but the deafening roar of a gigantic avalanche. In all my life, I’ve always wanted to stand atop a mountain peak where only I had been.

You could feel the insanity in his eyes. It was a pure and powerful madness, and its spirit, almost like tangible substance, hung in the air.

The sea’s only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don’t know much about the sea, but I do know that that’s the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong.

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness. Give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness. Give me truth.

Two years he walks the Earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes.

The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here.

The core of man’s spirit comes from new experiences.

I read somewhere how important it is in life not to be strong. but to feel strong.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines on you.

I decided to leave before the onslaught of pointless little dramas engulfed me entirely.

People always think they are going to be remembered for whatever reason.

I’m going to paraphrase Thoreau here rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame. Give me truth.

People always think that they are going to be remembered for doing something very special.

Don’t settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.

It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded by beauty.

The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

The core of a man’s spirit comes from new experiences.

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