Life can be tough sometimes. We all face hard times and challenges. But there’s always hope, even in the darkest moments. When bad news hits, it’s hard to find the right words. That’s why I’ve gathered these 79 healing quotes.
They offer comfort and hope when you need it most.
Healing is a journey. It’s different for everyone. We each find our own way through pain and sorrow. These quotes can help during times of grief. They remind us that personal growth often comes from pain. It’s a fierce place, but also a place of true healing.
Your healing journey may take a long time. That’s okay. These words of wisdom can guide you through.
Whether you’re dealing with loss, heartbreak, or just feeling down, these quotes are here for you. Let’s explore them together and find some light in the darkness.
79 Healing Quotes
- “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi
- “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” – Jack Kornfield
- “The soul always knows how to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss
- “Healing is the return of the memory of wholeness.” – Deepak Chopra
- “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” – Marianne Williamson
- “Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you.” – Rachel Naomi Remen
- “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” – Hermann Hesse
- “Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.” – Marianne Williamson
- “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran
- “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” – Pema Chödrön
- “We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering.” – Sharon Salzberg
- “To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear.” – Stephen Levine
- “The cure for pain is in the pain.” – Rumi
- “Scars show us where we have been, they don’t dictate where we are going.” – David Rossi
- “We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach toward grief because the broken parts want to mend.” – Brené Brown
- “Silence is a place of great power and great healing.” – Rachel Naomi Remen
- “What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” – Haruki Murakami
- “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou
- “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present.” – Marianne Williamson
- “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” – Alain de Botton
- “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
- “What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.” – Caroline Myss
- “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos
- “Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.” – Ram Dass
- “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
- “Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver
- “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” – Pema Chödrön
- “The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.” – Sarah Fielding
- “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor Frankl
- “All healing is first a healing of the heart.” – Carl Townsend
- “Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” – Gary Zukav
- “Healing yourself is connected with healing others.” – Yoko Ono
- “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
- “Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates
- “I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity.” – Billy Joel
- “The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician.” – Paracelsus
- “Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.” – Jerry Cantrell
- “It’s when we start working together that the real healing takes place.” – David Hume
- “The wish for healing has always been half of health.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- “Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.” – Rosa Parks
- “As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis.” – Andrew Weil
- “Protesting is good, but healing is better. We need to see America heal.” – Alveda King
- “I’m touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful – collecting these shards of spirituality – that we may be helping to bring about a healing.” – Leonard Nimoy
- “An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like.” – Tarana Burke
- “Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing?” – Henri Nouwen
- “Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.” – Sai Baba
- “Nothing is so healing as the human touch.” – Bobby Fischer
- “Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.” – Bob Marley
- “America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” – Warren G. Harding
- “For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.” – Reba McEntire
- “Awareness is the first step in healing.” – Dean Ornish
- “It’s always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning.” – Carli Lloyd
- “Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you’re not hurting the person you hate. You’re hurting yourself. And that’s a healing.” – Louis Zamperini
- “African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It’s not dormant. It’s not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source of joy.” – Mos Def
- “I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.” – Wendell Berry
- “I think art is a healing force.” – Ntozake Shange
- “Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come.” – Emmylou Harris
- “It’s up to me to empower myself and realize how incredibly worthy I am of healing.” – Ant Anstead
- “The wilderness is healing, a therapy for the soul.” – Nicholas Kristof
- “I have a huge belief in the importance of bees, not just for their honey, which is a healing and delicious food, but the necessity of bee colonies that are vital to the health of the planet.” – Trudie Styler
- “Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits.” – Marlo Thomas
- “Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It’s like medicine – very healing.” – Max Irons
- “‘Healing,’ Papa would tell me, ‘is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'” – W. H. Auden
- “Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.” – Linda Ronstadt
- “We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.” – Malcolm Fraser
- “You’re as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it’s just… it’s been really healing, and I’ve found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there.” – Molly Bloom
- “The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not.” – Mooji
- “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” – Akshay Dubey
- “The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.” – Hippocrates
- “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
- “We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.” – Marcel Proust
- “Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.” – Keanu Reeves
- “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.” – Frida Kahlo
- “As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Final Thoughts
Healing is different for everyone. Your healing journey is your own way. No two paths are the same.
These quotes can help during hard times. They offer comfort and hope. But remember, healing takes time. Personal growth often comes from pain. The pain of grief can lead to strength. It’s okay to take your time.
Finding the right words in times of grief is tough. Sometimes, there are no perfect words. That’s okay too.
Healing can be a fierce place. It might feel scary or hard. But it’s also where we find our true selves.Don’t rush your journey. It might take a long time. That’s normal and okay.
Even after bad news or sorrow, there’s hope. These quotes remind us of that. They show us that a place of true healing is possible.
Keep these words close. Use them when you need strength. And remember, you’re not alone on this journey.
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