Carl Sagan Quotes about Understanding

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Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations.

Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations.

Carl Sagan

Lying, Understanding, Limitation

Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.43, Ballantine Books

Understanding is a kind of ecstasy

Carl Sagan

Understanding, Curiosity, Kind

Carl Sagan (2011). “Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science”, p.17, Ballantine Books

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

Carl Sagan

Wisdom, Understanding, Brain

But I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble.

Carl Sagan

Science, Thinking, Understanding

Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.234, Ballantine Books

The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.

Carl Sagan

Understanding, Cosmos, Joining

Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.53, Ballantine Books

The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home.

Carl Sagan

Home, Science, Understanding

Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.25, Ballantine Books

The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries over to when I’m down. This is one of many human frontiers which cannabis has helped me traverse.

Carl Sagan

Artist, Understanding, Sometimes

"Mr. X". Essay by Carl Sagan, hermiene.net. 1969.