Into the Wild Quotes with Page Numbers

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. – (pg. 2)

You are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. – (pg. 6)

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. – (pg. 7)

The sea’s only gifts are harsh blows, and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. – (pg. 10)

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. – (pg. 14)

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. – (pg. 15)

There is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. – (pg. 16)

You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. – (pg. 38)

It is important in life not to be strong, but to feel strong. – (pg. 42)

The freedom and simple beauty is too good to pass up… – (pg. 43)

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. – (pg. 44)

Happiness is only real when shared. – (pg. 57)

I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don’t want one. – (pg. 68)

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. – (pg. 72)

Into the Wild Quotes with Page Numbers part 2

I now walk into the wild. – (pg. 163)

I’m going to take everything I own except the few things that matter… and go away and see the land and walk it for myself… – (pg. 93)

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. – (pg. 162)

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences. – (pg. 162)

There is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon. – (pg. 162)

The core of man’s spirit comes from new experiences. – (pg. 162)

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed. – (pg. 191)

It’s not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong. – (pg. 198)

I don’t want to know what day it is or what time it is. – (pg. 198)

What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now? – (pg. 209)

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything. – (pg. 22)

I read somewhere… how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong… but to feel strong. – (pg. 161)

When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it. – (pg. 166)

There is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. – (pg. 16)

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences. – (pg. 15)

You are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. – (pg. 6)

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. – (pg. 7)

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. – (pg. 2)

Don’t settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. – (pg. 15)

You are wrong if you think joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. – (pg. 16)

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines on you. – (pg. 20)

You don’t need human relationships to be happy, God has placed it all around us. – (pg. 20)

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation. – (pg. 22)

It is important in life not to be strong, but to feel strong. – (pg. 42)

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. – (pg. 162)

Happiness is only real when shared. – (pg. 57)

The core of man’s spirit comes from new experiences. – (pg. 162)

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation. – (pg. 22)

The sea’s only gifts are harsh blows, and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. – (pg. 10)

The core of man’s spirit comes from new experiences. – (pg. 162)

Some readers regarded the book as a cautionary tale, a document in philosophical economics arguing that McCandless’s rebellion was symptomatic of the excesses and dislocations of contemporary American life. – (pg. 192)