Carl Sagan

Every 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

#individuality #love #mercy #love

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#known #something #somewhere #waiting

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#philosophy #science #sense-of-wonder #spirituality #science

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#cosmos #dna #sense-of-wonder #stars #wonder

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#literacy #reading #person

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#apple #apple pie #first #invent #make

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#delusion #far #grasp #however #me

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#faith #science #skepticism #faith

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#imagination

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#bearable #creatures #only #small #such