79 Heart-Wrenching Hurt Silence Quotes for Deep Reflection

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1. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt

– Maurice Switzer

Maurice Switzer Quote: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt”

2. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind

– Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Quote: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind”

3. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.

– Rumi

Rumi Quote: “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.”

4. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye

– Helen Keller

Helen Keller Quote: “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye”

5. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

– Rumi

Rumi Quote: “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

6. “We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak

– Zeno

Zeno Quote: “We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak”

7. “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

– Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci Quote: “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

8. “Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe away. Just let it out, my friend.

– Adabella Radici

Adabella Radici Quote: “Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe away. Just let it out, my friend.”

9. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

10. “The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.

– Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Quote: “The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.”

11. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

– Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

12. “In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.

– Fernando Sabino

Fernando Sabino Quote: “In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.”

13. “Mediation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

– Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra Quote: “Mediation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.”

14. “Sometimes god’s blessings are not in what he gives; but in what he takes away. He knows best. Trust Him

– Yasmin Mogahe

Yasmin Mogahe Quote: “Sometimes god’s blessings are not in what he gives; but in what he takes away. He knows best. Trust Him”

15. “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; it is the source of all true art and science.

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; it is the source of all true art and science.”

16. “All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

– Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal Quote: “All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

17. “Under all speech that is good for anything, there lays a silence that is better

– Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Under all speech that is good for anything, there lays a silence that is better”

18. “Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

– Epictetus

Epictetus Quote: “Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”

19. “Meditation is choosing not to engage in the drama of the mind but elevating the mind to its highest potential.

– Amit Ray

Amit Ray Quote: “Meditation is choosing not to engage in the drama of the mind but elevating the mind to its highest potential.”

20. “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

– Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton Quote: “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

21. “It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

22. “And I am the most miserable man alive, and more so because no one at this dinner table has the slightest notion of what’s tearing me up.

– André Aciman

André Aciman Quote: “And I am the most miserable man alive, and more so because no one at this dinner table has the slightest notion of what’s tearing me up.”

23. “Silence is essential. We need silence, just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh Quote: “Silence is essential. We need silence, just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.”

24. “You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

– Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle Quote: “You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.”

25. “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world

– Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama Quote: “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world”

26. “Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.

– Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer Quote: “Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.”

27. “The silence isn’t so bad, till I look at my hands and feel sad. Because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly

– Owl City

Owl City Quote: “The silence isn't so bad, till I look at my hands and feel sad. Because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly”

28. “The tree that does not speak of plenitude feels the quickening of its roots in the earth. We know what the silence of the moon gives; it is the silence of the root that makes the branches and the fruit.

– Rumi

Rumi Quote: “The tree that does not speak of plenitude feels the quickening of its roots in the earth. We know what the silence of the moon gives; it is the silence of the root that makes the branches and the fruit.”

29. “Mediation is not spacing out or running away. In fact, it is being honest with ourselves.

– Kathleen McDonald

Kathleen McDonald Quote: “Mediation is not spacing out or running away. In fact, it is being honest with ourselves.”

30. “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

– Helen Keller

Helen Keller Quote: “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

31. “People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong for too long.

– Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Quote: “People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong for too long.”

32. “It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

– Seneca the Elder

Seneca the Elder Quote: “It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.”

33. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

– Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel Quote: “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”

34. “It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

– Jon Kabat

Jon Kabat Quote: “It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.”

35. “Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job

– Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer Quote: “Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job”

36. “I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own

– Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok Quote: “I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own”

37. “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

– Rosalynn Carter

Rosalynn Carter Quote: “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”

38. “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

– Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse Quote: “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself”

39. “Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.

– Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra Quote: “Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.”

40. “Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything

– Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke Quote: “Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything”

41. “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

– Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard Quote: “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

42. “I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”

43. “Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own

– Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quote: “Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own”

44. “To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present.

– Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle Quote: “To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present.”

45. “Sometimes you don’t have to say anything. Silence speaks it all

– Disha Patani

Disha Patani Quote: “Sometimes you don't have to say anything. Silence speaks it all”

46. “Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it

– Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra Quote: “Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it”

47. “Remember the blue sky. It may at times be obscured by clouds, but it is always there.

– Andy Puddicombe

Andy Puddicombe Quote: “Remember the blue sky. It may at times be obscured by clouds, but it is always there.”

48. “I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching”

49. “A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.

– Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell Quote: “A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.”

50. “Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to endure the storm, and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest

– Mike Norton

Mike Norton Quote: “Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to endure the storm, and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest”

51. “True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit. What sleep is to the body, nourishment, and refreshment?

– William Penn

William Penn Quote: “True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit. What sleep is to the body, nourishment, and refreshment?”

52. “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulate the creative mind.

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulate the creative mind.”

53. “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.

– Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Quote: “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”

54. “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself; the challenge is to silence the mind

– Caroline Myss

Caroline Myss Quote: “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself; the challenge is to silence the mind”

55. “Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.

– Swami Muktananda

Swami Muktananda Quote: “Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.”

56. “The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

– James Allen

James Allen Quote: “The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

57. “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

– Etty Hillesum

Etty Hillesum Quote: “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”

58. “Peace is not just mere absence of violence; peace is, the presence of silence, serenity, and calmness

– Debasish Mridha

Debasish Mridha Quote: “Peace is not just mere absence of violence; peace is, the presence of silence, serenity, and calmness”

59. “Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.

– David Storey

David Storey Quote: “Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.”

60. “The things that we understand, create silence. The things that we do not, create emotion.

– Kapil Gupta

Kapil Gupta Quote: “The things that we understand, create silence. The things that we do not, create emotion.”

61. “There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you need to say, you’ll know it

– Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Quote: “There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you need to say, you'll know it”

62. “With meditation, you become a sensitized superhero, completely in control, with endless possibilities at your fingertips.

– Tara Stiles

Tara Stiles Quote: “With meditation, you become a sensitized superhero, completely in control, with endless possibilities at your fingertips.”

63. “Not responding is a response – we are equally responsible for what we don’t do

– Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer Quote: “Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do”

64. “In the silence of the heart God speaks

– Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Quote: “In the silence of the heart God speaks”

65. “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something

– Plato

Plato Quote: “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something”

66. “In silence, there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves

– Rumi

Rumi Quote: “In silence, there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves”

67. “Healing might not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you

– Rachel Naomi Remen

Rachel Naomi Remen Quote: “Healing might not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you”

68. “Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings

– Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington Quote: “Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings”

69. “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

– Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal Quote: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

70. “Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

– Ajahn Brahm

Ajahn Brahm Quote: “Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.”

71. “Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments

– Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane Quote: “Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments”

72. “Through the portals of silence, the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.

– Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quote: “Through the portals of silence, the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.”

73. “I don’t want to be married just to be married. I can’t think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can’t talk to, or worse, someone I can’t be silent with.

– Mary Ann Shaffer

Mary Ann Shaffer Quote: “I don’t want to be married just to be married. I can’t think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can’t talk to, or worse, someone I can’t be silent with.”

74. “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

– Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quote: “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”

75. “Silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.

– Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks Quote: “Silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.”

76. “Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace

– Nikki Rowe

Nikki Rowe Quote: “Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace”

77. “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy

– Felicia Hemans

Felicia Hemans Quote: “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy”

78. “With confidence, you have won before you have started.

– Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey Quote: “With confidence, you have won before you have started.”

79. “If there were a little more silence if we all kept quiet…maybe we could understand something.

– Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini Quote: “If there were a little more silence if we all kept quiet…maybe we could understand something.”
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