The quote in your text reminded me that silence is always there, even in the midst of noise, it's just that our attention is pointing somewhere else, outwards. Silence is the portal that leads us back within, to ourselves.

I remember spending a week alone in a cabin in the woods, fifteen+ years ago, in full silence, with myself. My days were spent walking around, alone, doing nothing. Evenings, I was sitting by the fire, doing nothing, staring at the wall...

By the third evening, I was consumed by the most profound silence, my mind had given up the chit chat, and my attention got stuck inside. Time stopped for what appeared to be a very long moment, and I suddenly had a different perspective on myself, I was able to observe that part of myself that I usually associate with who I think I am, and often, thoughts would arise and then subside, in the midst of the most purest silence there's ever been. A beautiful timeless moment to experience that I wish to everyone.

There is an aspect of ourselves within us, an ever present nothing/void, out of which every manifestation in our lives springs. Some people say that this part of ourselves survives even physical death, they say this is who we really are... Know that this place exists inside. Find it. And when there's chaos in your life, go back to it...