For small creatures such as we the vastness is bea... -Carl Sagan

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

Carl Sagan , Scientist
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Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator. He played a prominent role in popularizing science and space exploration through his television series "Cosmos" and his books, such as "The Dragons of Eden" and "Pale Blue Dot." Sagan's ability to explain complex scientific concepts in a way that was accessible and captivating to the general public made him a beloved figure. His contributions to astronomy, space science, and science education continue to inspire and inform people around the world.

Carl Sagan Quotes to Explore

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous....
The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite....
Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust - or less than dust - in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing....
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring....
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in w...
No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception....
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale...
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if ...
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it ...
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology....

Love Quotes to Explore

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?...
Love, and do what you like....
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important....
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave....
It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway....
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation....
Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all...
I love the scents of winter! For me, it's all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce....
Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it....
I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems....