Quotes by Knowing Oneself I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself. Charles de Gaulle knowing-oneself arcs littles To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself Francois de La Rochefoucauld knowing-oneself oneself knows The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself. Galileo Galilei knowing-oneself greatest-wisdom oneself How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe knowing-oneself introspection action Not to be alone. To be spared the possibility of knowing oneself, in aloneness. Joyce Carol Oates knowing-oneself possibility knowing To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia. Michael Novak knowing-oneself utopia oneself To be enlightened is to know oneself and not run away. Veronique Vienne knowing-oneself enlightened running