Christopher McCandless Quotes & Sayings

No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom ... No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild. — Christopher McCandless

Happiness is only real, when shared. — Christopher McCandless

You don't need human relationships to be happy, God has placed it all around us. — Christopher McCandless

Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, 'cause "the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.
Alexander Supertramp, May 1992 — Christopher McCandless

Happiness real only when shared. — Christopher McCandless

Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. — Christopher McCandless

Deliberate living: Conscious attention to the basics of life, and a constant attention to your immediate environment and its concerns - A job, a task, a book; anything requiring efficient concentration (Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you — Christopher McCandless

The life and simple beauty of it is too good to pass up — Christopher McCandless

If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it. — Christopher McCandless

I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless. — Christopher McCandless

Make each day a new horizon. — Christopher McCandless

But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. — Christopher McCandless

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. — Christopher McCandless

Happiness isn't real unless it is shared. — Christopher McCandless

Surely all Americans have the right to give their money only to those causes which they support. But what kind of society has this created? A society where the ignorant reign. A society where enlightened must hold their tongues. A nation whose politicians must profess half-hearted devotion to an ancient fable or face the disastrous consequences of speaking their true mind. — Christopher McCandless

It is the experiences, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! — Christopher McCandless

You think that I am stubborn, but you are even more stubborn than me. You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life. But for some reason incomprehensible to me you wanted nothing but to bolt for home as quickly as possible, right back to the same situation which you see day after day after day. I fear you will follow this same inclination in the future and thus fail to discover all the wonderful things that God has placed around us to discover. Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. — Christopher McCandless

Happiness only real when shared. — Christopher McCandless

Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal.
As for me, I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up. — Christopher McCandless

I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all! — Christopher McCandless

Happiness is only real if shared. — Christopher McCandless

I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up. — Christopher McCandless

It is important in life not to be strong, but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once. If you want something in life, reach out and grab it. — Christopher McCandless