Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
CARL SAGANSomewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
CARL SAGANThe brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
CARL SAGANWhat an astonishing thing a book is.
CARL SAGANWe can’t help it. Life looks for life.
CARL SAGANScience is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
CARL SAGANThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
CARL SAGANTo live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
CARL SAGANDon’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
CARL SAGANScience is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
CARL SAGANNature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
CARL SAGANBetter the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
CARL SAGANExtraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
CARL SAGANThe only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
CARL SAGANPeople are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGANWe are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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 SAGAN