When you forgive, you love.

Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.

I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.

According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.

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

Happiness [is] only real when shared

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

The quieter the mind the louder the soul.

To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exlcude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.

One should never know too precisely whom one has married

Our heavenly Father never takes anything from his children unless he means to give them something better.

No success or achievement in material terms is worthwhile unless it serves the needs or interests of the country and its people and is achieved by fair and honest means.

We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building.

The Post Office is very careful nowadays. When they get a package marked "Fragile," they throw it underhand.

I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.

To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.