Bear Meat

"I read somewhere...that the sea’s only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don’t know much about the sea, but I do know that that’s the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind, deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head"

- from "Bear Meat" by Primo Levi, 2007

It was read in the movie "Into The Wild", but the article was written fourteen years after Mccandless died, and has nothing to do with him.

"how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong"

It's a beautiful statement.