You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run.

HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines through you.

...books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.

But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do.