Philosophy Quote by Carl Sagan — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Do you believe in UFOs?’ I’m always struck by how the question is phrased, the suggestion that this is a matter of belief and not of evidence. I’m almost never asked, ‘How good is the evidence that UFOs are alien spaceships?”

“Our God Is Alive and Well. Sorry About Yours.”

“Science is only a Latin word for knowledge”

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

“If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.”

“A new concept of god: “something not very different from the sum total of the physical laws of the universe; that is, gravitation plus quantum mechanics plus grand unified field theories plus a few other things equaled god. And by that all they meant was that here were a set of exquisitely powerful physical principles that seemed to explain a great deal that was otherwise inexplicable about the universe. Laws of nature…that apply not just locally, not just in Glasgow, but far beyond: Edinburgh, Moscow…Mars…the center of the Milky Way, and out by the most distant quarters known. That the same laws of physics apply everywhere is quite remarkable. Certainly that represents a power greater than any of us.”

“Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.”

“The sad fact...is that in this era of science and unbelief we have lost the sense of our own significance. We have become cruel, to ourselves and others, because we believe that ultimately we have no value.”

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

“The greatest skeptic must now admit that the land and sea-borne trade of India had given her a world-wide fame not only for her gold, spices and silk, but for her religions and philosophies also.”

“Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.”

“Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings”