Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
CARL SAGANThe significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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Arguments 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.
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Exploration 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.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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