We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

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

The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations - in the same time and place, Greece in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. . . . Science thrives on, indeed requires, the free exchange of ideas; its values are antithetical to secrecy. Science holds to no special vantage points or privileged positions. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. Both demand adequate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty.

In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, we have established a presence there, we have fulfilled a century of dreams!

The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.