"An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such comp...
Our God Is Alive and Well. Sorry About Yours.
More Carl Sagan quotes
"The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's littl...
"You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
"I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we a...
"But if the Bible is not everywhere literally true, which parts are divinely inspired and which are merely fallible and human? As soon as we admit that...
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
"The suppression of uncomfortable ideasmay be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no placein the endeavor of s...
"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard, who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by '...
"I'm frequently asked, "Do you believe there's extraterrestrial intelligence?" I give the standard arguments- there are a lot of places out there, the ...
"Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an art...
"Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and af...
"Does trying to understand the universe at all betray a lack of humility? I believe it is true that humility is the only just response in a confrontati...
"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to be...
"It's a lazy Saturday afternoon, there's a couple lying naked in bed reading Encyclopediea Brittannica to each other, and arguing about whether the And...