All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.

Christopher McCandless

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

Christopher McCandless

...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Christopher McCandless

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value.

Christopher McCandless

I now walk into the wild.

Christopher McCandless

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

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

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation.

Christopher McCandless

We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

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

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.

Christopher McCandless

Don´t hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.

Christopher McCandless