"Into the Wild" Quotes by Jon Krakauer and others. "I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Franz I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one." 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." The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. "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. "Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness. "The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences." "If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed." All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you)." It is how one relates to a situation that has value. Real life has just begun.ĭeliberate Living: Conscious attention to the basics of life, and a constant attention to your immediate environment and its concerns, example-> A job, a task, a book anything requiring efficient concentration (Circumstance has no value. how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past." "Some people feel like they don't deserve love. A nation whose politicians must profess half-hearted devotion to an ancient fable or face the disastrous consequences of speaking their true mind." A society where enlightened must hold their tongues.
But what kind of society has this created? A society where the ignorant reign. "Surely all Americans have the right to give their money only to those causes which they support. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Thou shalt not return, 'cause "the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Here are some of some of the best quotes from the book: He knew the path he chose was risky, but he chose that path because he wanted the experience of being alive. I believe Chris Mccandless was a courageous philosopher who had the guts to try and live his big ideas. In my opinion, Chris McCandless was a lot more than some dumb kid that got lost in naive ideas. He barely gave out his real information.There are many "Into the Wild" quotes that are worth remembering. He was mocking the government and expressing his hatred towards them. When he was filling out the W-4 form he wrote Iris Fucyu as his name & none of your damn business in other information.
He wanted to be one who rebelled against the government and did what he wanted and what made him happy. He changed his name to Alex Supertramp so he could completely get away from Chris McCandless and take on a new life as a non conformist. His curse words show how much he hates government authority and how against conformity he is. How i feed myself is none of the government's business. When Gallien asked if he had a hunting license, chris responded in an angry way. He lived spontaneously and different from everyone else because he believed nobody was really living in the society he grew up in. He wandered around keeping from conforming with society. "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 within a man than a secure future." He was willing to take the F in order to do some thing the way he wanted rather than how someone else wanted him to. Chris refused to do a paper the way his professor wanted him to so he recieved an F. He rejected ideas conforming to society and hated authority. He believed that in order to be happy, you had to know yourself and be your own person. His entire journey through North America and eventually up to Alaska was because of his views of individualism. "No longer would he answer to Chris McCandless, he was now Alexander Supertramp, master of his own destiny."Ĭhris McCandless was a strong believer in individualism.
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