Carrie Brownstein Quotes

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

I believe in nurturing the inner world.

Since I was young, I've been aware that I need time to myself to process everything.

I feel like I'd invested so much in the physical side of my life: running marathons - I brought a SEAL into my house - I have a trainer. But I've invested very little on the inner work, and in a world of distractions, I felt like to have the whole picture, I really had to spend a little time alone and work on being present.

Sometimes you gotta get stupid with yourself, and you gotta enjoy your own company some time.

You've got to tune out the other people and tune in to what's going on inside. Love yourself. Nourish your body.

Turning 30 was really big for me. I can get really stuck on 'I don't like this or that about myself.' I've found that the only thing that breaks that for me is being able to spend time alone, going to the movies by myself or going to art museums alone. I do that a lot. I've discovered the importance of even 15 or 30 minutes a day where it is just me.

You can't heal what you don't acknowledge.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

Knowing ourselves and how we feel can help us improve.

Self-care is so much more than a beauty regimen or an external thing you do. It has to start within your heart to know what you need to navigate your life. A pedicure doesn't last, but meditating every day does.

I don't think people take enough time to themselves or like to be alone anymore, but it's really important.

I'm just trying to stay within myself every day and keep going.

Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.