If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
CARL SAGANIf it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
CARL SAGANHuman beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
CARL SAGANIf we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
CARL SAGANAll over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
CARL SAGANWriting is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
CARL SAGANA book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
CARL SAGANI don’t want to believe. I want to know.
CARL SAGANOne of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
CARL SAGANThere are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGANYour god is too small for my universe.
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 SAGANWe can’t help it. Life looks for life.
CARL SAGANWhat an astonishing thing a book is.
CARL SAGANThe visions we offer our children shape the future.
CARL SAGANThe price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
CARL SAGAN