Christopher McCandless is known as Christopher Johnson McCandless or by his nickname Alexander Supertramp. He was the subject for the famous book and movie Into the wild. He was a student who decided to have a different life and went hiking across North America and ended up in Alaska. His life story shows a different perspective of life how things can be so simple. Here are some of the Christopher McCandless quotes on life from the book Into the wild. We hope you will be inspired through some of his inspirational quotes.
Into the wild quotes from Christopher McCandless
1.“Happiness only real when shared.”
2.“I read somewhere… how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong… but to feel strong.”
3.“If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.”
4.“There is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
5.“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.”
6.“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.”
7.“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.”
8.“The core of mans’ spirit comes from new experiences.”
9.“Make each day a new horizon.”
10.“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.”
Life quotes from Christopher McCandless
12.“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.”
13.“Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road.”
14.“No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.”
15.“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.”
16.“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!”
17.“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. 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.”
18.“You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against out habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.”
19.“Strong.You can do anything. You can go anywhere. Money, Power is an illusion. It’s up here. You can be here. Me and you.”
20.“if we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.”
21. “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 dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.”
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