All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.
Carl SaganIf you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science.
Carl SaganOne glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
Carl SaganThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
Carl SaganAt the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.
Carl Sagan