Bria Vinaite Quotes

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

We love in others what we lack in ourselves, and would be everything, but what we are.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.

Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life.

I think I surprise myself.

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.

I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.

I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.

This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better.

I'm always writing and reflecting on life. I want to suck it all in.

The roles I think about and can't stop thinking about - on the subway, when I'm riding my bike, when I'm running - are the things I connect to.

You learn a lot about yourself just by writing it down.

I've kept a diary since I was 11. It's a way of taking stock, almost meditative, trying to make sense of stuff because life is chaotic.

We have to have a very clear understanding of ourselves.

With work and life, your true depth can become an alien thing to you. Your gut feelings, your instincts become buried.

Spend time in your head and figure yourself out. Start taking note of all the things you do that you don't like, and then you're more conscious of it, and you learn.