Those who seek power at any price detect a societal weakness, a fear that they can ride into office.
Carl SaganA new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet.
Carl SaganIn all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.
Carl SaganIf we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.
Carl SaganBefore we invented civilization our ancestors lived mainly in the open out under the sky. Before we devised artificial lights and atmospheric pollution and modern forms of nocturnal entertainment we watched the stars. There were practical calendar reasons of course but there was more to it than that. Even today the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars. When it happens to me after all these years it still takes my breath away.
Carl Sagan