Galileo Galilei
Astronomer, Physicist
"The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself."
Knowing Oneself quotes
Knowing Oneself
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action."
Joyce Carol Oates
Author, Poet
"Not to be alone. To be spared the possibility of knowing oneself, in aloneness."
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