Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
CARL SAGANPerhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
CARL SAGANThe very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
CARL SAGANYou have to know the past to understand the present.
CARL SAGANOne of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGANWe all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
CARL SAGANOne of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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 SAGANAdvances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
CARL SAGANYou are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
CARL SAGANAny faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
CARL SAGANBooks break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
CARL SAGANDon’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
CARL SAGANThe significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
CARL SAGANWe are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
CARL SAGANBooks are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
CARL SAGANHuman beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
CARL SAGAN