I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
CARL SAGANI would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
CARL SAGANThe visions we offer our children shape the future.
CARL SAGANOther things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
CARL SAGANIf you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
CARL SAGANAn atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
CARL SAGANAll civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
CARL SAGANPeople are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGANUnderstanding is a kind of ecstasy.
CARL SAGANThe only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
CARL SAGANFor small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
CARL SAGANOne glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
CARL SAGANPerhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
CARL SAGANExploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
CARL SAGANArguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
CARL SAGANThe beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
CARL SAGAN