"The less we move, the less we are capable of moving."

“Spend regularly and constantly two or three hours of the morning in study and retirement. I do not take upon me to prescribe what you shall employ yourself about. I only propose the passing two or three hours of the twenty-four in private.”

Source : David Berman (2011). “The Great Philosophers:Berkeley: Berkeley”, p.21, Hachette UK

“Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.”

“Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.”

“It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.”

Source : Francis James Grimké (1942). “The Works of Francis J. Grimke,̀: Edited by Carter G. Woodson...”

“Well!' said Puddleglum, rubbing his hands. 'This is just what I needed. If these chaps don't teach me to take a serious view of life, I don't know what will.”

“Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.”

Source : "Sitting Down With Nate Berkus". Interview with Marni Golden, hamptons-magazine.com. September 7, 2011.

“going into a cave might be like going inside one's own mind, crawling around in the pitch-black, nook-and-crannied labyrinth of the human psyche.”

“Drama is hate. Drama is pushing your pain onto others. Drama is destruction. Some take pleasure in creating drama while others make excuses to stay stuck in drama. I choose not to step into a web of drama that I can't get out of.”