We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
CARL SAGANWe are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
CARL SAGANFor small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
CARL SAGANThe Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
CARL SAGANBooks are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
CARL SAGANOur species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
CARL SAGANThe cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
CARL SAGANThe total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
CARL SAGANAll over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
CARL SAGANNature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
CARL SAGANTo live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
CARL SAGANWe all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
CARL SAGANStars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
CARL SAGANI’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
CARL SAGANOther things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
CARL SAGANWe live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
CARL SAGANEvery one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
CARL SAGAN