By Maxime Lagacé 
Maxime is the founder and chief editor of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm, peaceful and powerful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
Here are 100 of the best healing quotes I could find. Remember: healing is a journey that takes time. You should never be ashamed of it. In this article, you’ll discover quotes by Nietzsche, Aristotle, Rumi, and more. I hope you’ll enjoy them!
Silence is a place of great power and healing. Rachel Naomi Remen
Self-forgiveness can heal you. Andrew Zaffina
Your wound is not your fault but your healing is your responsibility. Unknown
It doesn’t hurt me unless I interpret it’s happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to. Marcus Aurelius
Change, like healing, takes time. Veronica Roth
A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed. Byron Katie
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen
Never hurt others to heal yourself. Never hurt yourself to heal others. @PersistentObser
Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives. Unknown
Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it. Paulo Coelho
If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist. Iyanla Vanzant
Knowing your own mind is the solution to all our problems. Lama Yeshe
I think I’ve solved more problems on long walks than in front of a computer. Sahil Lavingia
If you understand the problem, you can solve the problem. Sahil Lavingia
Change the person in the mirror, and your world will change. Rhonda Byrne
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The Best Healing Quotes
Every breath and every step can be nourishing and healing. Thich Nhat Hanh
Healing is an art. It takes time, it takes practice. It takes love. Maza Dohta
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself. Jack London
The moment you start feeling whole and grateful is when your brain starts to begin healing. Joe Dispenza
Let go of anything that you don’t love about your life story and just keep the things you love. Rhonda Byrne
The more seriously you take yourself, the unhappier you’re going to be. Naval Ravikant
As confusion disappears, so does suffering. Ringu Tulku
The key to dealing with pain is not minding that it hurts. Ed Latimore
The most important relationship you have is with yourself … That is your world. That is the world you live in. That’s the worldview you have. That’s the lens you see through, and that’s going to determine the quality of your life more than anything else. Naval Ravikant
Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom, which is the ending of fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Remember, the more damaging and destructive a person behaves, the greater is their cry for healing and correction. Iyanla Vanzant
Life will never conform to all of our desires. Ever. You can either get good at dealing with this fact or good at avoiding it. Mark Manson
Simplicity begins when you stop believing everything you think. Courtney Carver
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
To solve all problems, be here, in reality, now. Recognize that they exist only in a past or a future. Byron Katie
The certainty you’re craving makes you suffer more than the uncertainty you’re avoiding. Maxime Lagacé
If you get your mind in order, everything else gets that much easier. Mark Manson
Healing doesn’t eliminate all the hard moments. It changes how you handle them. Thema Bryant-Davis
When there is complete understanding of oneself, then there is the ending of conflict. Jiddu Krishnamurti
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. Jan Glidewell
At the center of all desires is the very one that is never examined: the desire to become happy. James Pierce
When you habitually avoid external conflict, you end up creating internal conflict. Thibaut
The things to which you are attached will take control of your life. James Pierce
I go to nature to be soothed, healed and have my senses put in order. John Burroughs
Nobody’s responsible for our problems but us. Mark Manson
Part 2. Healing Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Healing Quotes (Nietzsche, Voltaire, Rumi, etc.)
The cure for pain is in the pain. Rumi
Forget your personal tragedy. Ernest Hemingway
He that won’t be counsell’d, can’t be help’d. Benjamin Franklin
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. Voltaire
The true purpose of tragedy is to purify the passion. Aristotle
Navigate the problems you have, so you can end up with the problems you want. John Cena
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. Blaise Pascal
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. Isaac Asimov
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words. Carl Gustav Jung
When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive. Nelson Mandela
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution. Nelson Mandela
Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world. Marianne Williamson
Allow nature to teach you stillness. Eckhart Tolle
Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found. Eckhart Tolle
If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence. Søren Kierkegaard
We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. Marcel Proust
What is thoroughly understood will not repeat itself. Jiddu Krishnamruti
Constantly bringing up the past keeps you stuck there. Kanye West
Healing yourself is connected with healing others. Yoko Ono
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. Hubert H. Humphrey
The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Short Healing Quotes
One-liners, short healing quotes, sayings, thoughts, and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, and backgrounds.
Unfollow your past self. Joshua Fields Millburn
Become self-contained. Naval Ravikant
Turn your scars into stars. Rachel Wolchin
Stop adding. Start removing. Maxime Lagacé
Rest, recover, renew, repeat. Courtney Carver
No one is coming to save you, that job is personal. Tasha Nassar
Embrace your suffering tenderly. Thich Nhat Hanh
To be able to forget means sanity. Jack London
Make peace with your inner turmoil. @PersistentObser
I need less than I think to be happy. Courtney Carver
Never take it personal. Even when it is. Ed Latimore
Quiet time alone solves many problems. @orangebook_
It’s ok to rest. It’s ok to do nothing. @dailyzen
Problems must be acknowledged to be solved. Jack Butcher
Internal conflict creates external conflict. James Pierce
The shit of your past is the fertilizer of your future. Yannick Veys
The pain of yesterday is the strength of today. Paulo Coelho
Healing is the discovery of the Divinity within. Ernest Holmes
Value time with yourself more than with anybody else. Thibaut
We live in prisons of our own making. James Pierce
You can only solve the problems you can articulate. Jack Butcher
The secret to happiness is to not mind being unhappy. Ed Latimore
Say no to the trivial so you can say yes to the crucial. Maxime Lagacé
You have to get to the bottom of an issue to be on top of it. Jola Tankoka
Helpful Healing Quotes
The one with self-knowledge is the one that can move forward. Maxime Lagacé
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well. Seneca
Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that made him sick. Hippocrates
Meditate, so you can see and address the source of your anxiety. Naval Ravikant
When we make room for the silence, we’re able to clean up the emotional, mental, and spiritual clutter that drives us mad. Joshua Fields Millburn
Don’t try to fill your void with noise. Fill it with silence. Maxime Lagacé
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. Fred Rogers
Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are. Jack Kornfield
I’d estimate at least half of my frustrations with others are actually frustrations with myself for failing to set clear boundaries and stand by them. James Clear
You find answers when you remove what’s useless. Maxime Lagacé
Whenever you are unhappy or miserable, know for sure you need food for the soul. And that is meditation. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Humor is the buffer that saves you from humiliation. If you have a good sense of humor you can never be humiliated. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Treat the symptoms of your problems, and they will return in another form. Attack your problems at the root, and you will be free of them forever. James Pierce
The more we say yes, the more complex life gets. Jack Butcher
The first step of waking up is making sure you don’t fall into a deeper sleep. James Pierce
Don’t let your wound pick your next chapter. Heal first then decide. Thema Bryant-Davis
If you want to heal, step away from things and people that deepen your wounds. Thema Bryant-Davis
When pain, misery, or anger happen, it is time to look within you, not around you. Jaggi Vasudev
Often there is a time gap between knowing better and doing better. Healing is a process. Thema Bryant-Davis
Do not attend if a mask is required. Denial delays healing. Thema Bryant-Davis
You must let the pain visit. You must allow it teach you. You must not allow it overstay. Ijeoma Umebinyuo
The best thing you can do for society is to take care of yourself first. @orangebook_
The more distant you’re the more you can see the whole picture. You have a broader view with less emotional confusion. @TheAncientSage
You have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. Osho
To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing. Sylvia Fraser
Let’s Recap
- A sign of wisdom: you forgive easily (others and yourself).
- Remember: you don’t heal with busyness. You heal with silence, self-understanding, and time.
- Healing is:
- A choice
- An act
- Understanding how your mind works is the key. Meditation can help.
- Best ways to heal?
- Take long walks in nature
- Talk to someone you love
- Write about your feelings in a journal
- Want more healing tips?
Further Readings
- Topic: Sadness
- 100 Sad Quotes That Will Bring Relief
- 149 Anxiety Quotes To Help You Recharge And Relax
- Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress (mayoclinic.org)
- 79 Optimism Quotes To Improve Your Mood (With Images)
- 100 Positive Quotes To Uplift Yourself
- 100 Hope Quotes That Will Nourish Your Soul
- How To Improve Your Mental Health – 36 Wellness Tips
What’s your favorite healing quote? Please let us know in the comment section below!
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Healing Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Helpful
Part 3
Conclusion
