“Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.”
- Source
- The Prophet
- Date
- 1923
- Attribution
- Source identified
- Voice / speaker
- Fictional character · Almustafa
What does this quote mean?
In the work’s poetic frame, inward knowledge exists before it is fully verbalized; the line values listening closely to one’s own interior understanding without claiming that intuition is automatically infallible.
Where does it come from?
The Prophet, section “Self-Knowledge.” A man asks Almustafa to speak about self-knowledge, and Almustafa answers with this line before describing the heart’s knowledge and the self as a boundless sea. The represented wording is the 1923 text preserved by Wikisource/Project Gutenberg #58585.
Who voices the line?
Fictional character · Almustafa. Almustafa answers a man who asks about Self-Knowledge in The Prophet; the line is part of the work’s framed poetic discourse rather than unframed autobiography.
The source author and the local speaker can be different, especially in fiction, drama, dialogue and poetry.
How should this attribution be read?
This wording is connected with the named source shown above. Translations and editions can vary, so consult the source note when exact wording matters.