ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In his writings about the time he spent at Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau once said: “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”

Detailed explanation-2: -In that book, Thoreau says, “Simplify, simplify.” I think we often go through life exhausted because we take on too many things, bring too much complexity to our days, and don’t have time to enjoy life. We are in need of simplifying our lives. I learned this when I was in college, and it changed my life.

Detailed explanation-3: -He believed that lives lived in civilization become unnecessarily complex. Living simply meant secluding yourself form other humans and being in nature. Why does Thoreau insist people need to simplify their lives? To live simply, wisely, and independently.

Detailed explanation-4: -Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count by half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail… Simplify, Simplify.