--- title: "12 Deepest Secret Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Deepest Secret quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Deepest Secret sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/natalie-goldberg-1741_heart_the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-heart_2127038.png" --- > [The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-hearts-is-that-we-are-writing/) [Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/natalie-goldberg-1741_heart_the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-heart_2127038.png) > [“Scout: Why are you entrusting us your deepest secret? Mr. Raymond: Because you’re children and you can understand it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/scout-why-are-you-entrusting-us-your-deepest-secret-mr-raymond/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/harper-lee-451_child_scout-why-are-you-entrusting-us-your-dee_1897367.jpg) > [He confided his deepest secret to you; be always wary of his secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/he-confided-his-deepest-secret-to-you-be-always-wary-of-his-secret/) [Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/dejan-stojanovic-559_books_he-confided-his-deepest-secret-to-you-be_360817.jpg) > [The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-harland/the-deepest-secret-is-that-life-is-not-a-process-of-discovery-but-a-2/) [Eric Harland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-harland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/eric-harland-236244_conversations-with-g_the-deepest-secret-is-that-life-is-not-a_628697.jpg) > [“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/the-deepest-secret-is-that-life-is-not-a-process-of-discovery-but-a/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/neale-donald-walsch-239_creating_the-deepest-secret-is-that-life-is-not-a_498504.png) > [Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/having-begun-my-life-in-science-searching-for-the-equation-beyond/) [Lee Smolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smolin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/lee-smolin-4171_believe_having-begun-my-life-in-science-searchin_596345.png) > [The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/the-deepest-secret-is-that-life-is-not-a-process-of-discovery-but-a-3/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/melchor-lim-61_becoming-yourself_the-deepest-secret-is-that-life-is-not-a_1233433.jpg) > [“Emerson, you just shared your deepest secret with me. I value that. Don't make light of it." If he wasn't already holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myra-mcentire/emerson-you-just-shared-your-deepest-secret-with-me-i-value-that-don/) [Myra McEntire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myra-mcentire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/myra-mcentire-5099_emerson-cole_emerson-you-just-shared-your-deepest-sec_1033114.jpg) > [“If joy is the aim and the core of existence, she thought, and if that which has the power to give one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/if-joy-is-the-aim-and-the-core-of-existence-she-thought-and-if-that/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/ayn-rand-59_joy_if-joy-is-the-aim-and-the-core-of-existe_163604.jpg) > [Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/here-is-the-deepest-secret-nobody-knows-here-is-the-root-of-the-root/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/anonymous-1_life_here-is-the-deepest-secret-nobody-knows_1857590.jpg) > [“I had a feeling that I shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn't care who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-had-a-feeling-that-i-shouldn-t-be-here-listening-to-this-sinful-man/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/harper-lee-451_children_i-had-a-feeling-that-i-shouldn-t-be-here_1357634.png) > [“Tell me your deepest secret," she said softly... After a long moment, he spoke. "The only secret I've borne my entire life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/tell-me-your-deepest-secret-she-said-softly-after-a-long-moment-he/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/sarah-j-maas-58_entire-life_tell-me-your-deepest-secret-she-said-sof_1307896.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deepest-secret/#itemlist", "name": "Deepest Secret Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Natalie Goldberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-hearts-is-that-we-are-writing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/natalie-goldberg-1741_heart_the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-heart_2127038.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/natalie-goldberg-1741_heart_the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-heart_2127038.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/natalie-goldberg-1741_heart_the-deepest-secret-in-our-heart-of-heart_2127038.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.” — Natalie Goldberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Scout: Why are you entrusting us your deepest secret? 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