Carl Sagan

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#science #courage

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#humor #reason #sagan #war #humor

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. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#religion #science #religion

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#seti #universe #space

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#body #knowledge #more #much #than

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#science #thought-provoking #science

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#because #celibate #clergy #especially #fanaticism

She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#science #the-universe #life

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#extinction #science #survival #experience

The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#beauty #cosmos #philosophy #science #universe