And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
CARL SAGANAnd you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
CARL SAGANYour god is too small for my universe.
CARL SAGANWe are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
CARL SAGANWhere we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
CARL SAGANThe universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
CARL SAGANExcept in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
CARL SAGANStars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
CARL SAGANWe can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
CARL SAGANPerhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
CARL SAGANWriting is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
CARL SAGANOne of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGANKnowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
CARL SAGANWriting is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
CARL SAGANBetter the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
CARL SAGANI don’t want to believe. I want to know.
CARL SAGANThere are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGAN