Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator. He was born on November 9, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York, and died on December 20, 1996.

We’re made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

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

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

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

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

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