Simple living
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Simple living refers to practices that promote simplicity in one's lifestyle. Common practices of simple living include reducing the number of possessions one owns, depending less on technology and se
Mahatma Gandhi spinning yarn in 1942. Gandhi believed in a life of simplicity and self-sufficiency.
Ottoman Dervish portrayed by Amedeo Preziosi, 1860s circa, Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României
Reconstruction of Henry David Thoreau's cabin on the shores of Walden Pond
Living simply in a small dwelling
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundi
Simple living
…should be maintained at minimal cost, while all things beyond what is necessary for these should either be tempered by moderation or completely avoided. Henry David Thoreau, an American naturalist and author, made the classic secular advocacy of a life of simple and sustainable living in his book Walden (1854). Thoreau…
Thoreau in 1856
Thoreau's birthplace, the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse in Concord, Massachusetts
Original title page of Walden, with an illustration from a drawing by Thoreau's sister Sophia