• Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.

  Source: Cosmos (1980)

  Carl Sagan
  American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author 1934-1996
  - +

   0

Check all quotes by Carl Sagan

Subjects in these quotes:

1. superstition
2. profoundly
3. prejudices
4. penetrate
5. mysteries
6. comforts

Similar authors

• Carl Sagan
  American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author 139
• Annie Jump Cannon
  American astronomer 3

Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries. by : Carl Sagan

Greatest-Quotations.com

Already since 2003 providing you with the best quotations