We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands. The loom of time and space works the most astonishing transformations of matter.

Has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? . . . No other human institution comes close.

We are made of starstuff.

If 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.

The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades, the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared to a star, we are like mayflies, fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their lives in the course of a single day.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.

The impediment to scientific thinking is not, I think, the difficulty of the subject. Complex intellectual feats have been mainstays even of oppressed cultures. Shamans, magicians and theologians are highly skilled in their intricate and arcane arts. No, the impediment is political and hierarchical.