Christopher McCandless

Christopher Johnson McCandless was an American wanderer who hiked into the Alaskan wilderness with little food and equipment, hoping to live a period of solitude. Almost four months later, he died of starvation near Denali National Park and more..

“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." #Time and Time Management

“Christopher McCandless:"Is Anyone Watching This? God, Are You Watching This?" #God

“Christopher McCandless:"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed." #Reason

“Christopher McCandless:"I won't run into anything I can't deal with on my own." #Business

“Christopher McCandless:"'You could tell right away that Alex was intelligent,' - Westerberg reflects - 'He read a lot. Used a lot of big words. In fact, I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often. A couple of times I tried to tell him it was a mistake to get too deep into that kind of stuff, but Alex got stuck on things. He always had to know the absolute right answer before he could go on to the next thing."' #Books - Reading

“Christopher McCandless:"He provoked very necessary things in me. We’ve let the blade of our innocence dull over time and it’s only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage."#Courage

“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." #Death and Dying

“Christopher McCandless:“Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness… give me truth.” #Fame

“Christopher McCandless:“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. 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.” #Change

“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.#Politicians and Politics

“Christopher McCandless:“It’s about somebody who had a will that is so uncommon today, a lack of addiction to comfort, that is so uncommon and is so necessary to become common, or mankind won’t survive the next century.”~#Addiction

“Christopher McCandless:“I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!” #Happiness

“Christopher McCandless:"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." #Books - Reading

“Christopher McCandless:“…henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be…” #Mistakes

“Christopher McCandless:"My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal, 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. One day I'll get back to you, Wayne, and repay some of your kindness." #Compliments

“Christopher McCandless:“I read somewhere… how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong… but to feel strong.” #Books - Reading

“Christopher McCandless: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."#Passion

“Christopher McCandless:"Chris didn't understand how people could possibly be allowed to go hungry, especially in this country - He would rave about that kind of thing for hours." #Work

“Christopher McCandless:"SOS, I need your help. I am injured, near death and too week 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." #Death and Dying

“Christopher McCandless:"Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one." #Twentieth Century

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