Carl Sagan Quotes

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The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing

The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard, who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God,' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity.

God Science Carl Sagan Spirtuality Physical Laws

And what greater might do we possess as human beings than ou

And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?

Science Inspirational Thought Provoking Theology Carl Sagan Ann Druyan

The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeble

The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.

Life Mystery Universe Cosmos Carl Sagan

We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.

We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.

Life Science Humans Carl Sagan Solar Power Star Stuff

It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to a

It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that, the most powerful tool at his disposal, was the scientific method, which over time winnows out deception. It can't give you absolute truth because science is a permanent revolution, always subject to revision, but it can give you successive approximations of reality.

Truth Humanity Science Humility Fearless Cosmos Carl Sagan Ann Druyan Realitu

Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, b

Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.

Life Love Memory Loss Appreciation Nostalgia Remember Carl Sagan Ann Druyan

My main reason for scepticism about the Huxley/Sagan theory

My main reason for scepticism about the Huxley/Sagan theory is that the human brain is demonstrably eager to see faces in random patterns, as we know from scientific evidence, on top of the numerous legends about faces of Jesus, or the Virgin Mary, or Mother Teresa, being seen on slices of toast, or pizzas, or patches of damp on a wall. This eagerness is enhanced if the pattern departs from randomness in the specific direction of being symmetrical.

Richard Dawkins

Religion Science Evolution Evidence Theory Carl Sagan Sir Julian Huxley