Duane Elgin
Author, Visionary and Citizen-Voice Activist

Download the PDFThe Value Of Voluntary Simplicity

By Richard Gregg, originally published in August, 1936 in the Indian Journal Visva-Bharati Quarterly and by the Quakers at Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill, 1936.  This is the original article on voluntary simplicity that inspired me to write his book by the same name in 1981. Gregg was a Harvard graduate and a student of Gandhi’s teachings. In this article, Gregg explores the spiritual, social, and economic reasons for choosing a life path of greater simplicity.