<p>Contemporary society is tired and its individuals experience an excess of stimuli and information. Immersed in everyday exhaustion, tired individuals can not appropriate of themselves and the necessary pauses for silence. Faced with this problem, this article aims to think about the importance of silence in contemporary times.For this purpose we used the method of systematic integrative review typethrough the descriptors: society of tiredness, flows of silence, leisure and contemplation. From the process followed, it is inferred that contemporary man is sickened by the excesses that this mode of life eternally online provides, as well as that this way of living offers the false idea of reception and resolution of the existential helplessness.This ilness is already manifesting itself as a public health issue. It is also suggested that by experiencing silence it is possible to recover from leisure and contemplation, in a contemporaneity of speeds and noises. We suggest in the end of the study that silence can bring with it unique achievements and experiences that can promote self-appropriation where the individual and social life are harmonized.</p>