The only gratification that science denies to us is deception.

No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.

Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation.

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

Science is nothing more than a neverending search for the truth.

Interviewer: "Didn't [Sagan] want to believe?" Druyan: "He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know.

The only gratification that science denies to us is deception.