![I don’t want to believe. I want to know.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--bXUoR715fM/X1tqc4RIE0I/AAAAAAAAHDQ/9-PDP3Q2qNw0ozquvB0uSpYYkLPWEWYOgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-dont-want-to-believe-i-want-to-know.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Carl Sagan
![I don’t want to believe. I want to know.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--bXUoR715fM/X1tqc4RIE0I/AAAAAAAAHDQ/9-PDP3Q2qNw0ozquvB0uSpYYkLPWEWYOgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-dont-want-to-believe-i-want-to-know.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-APrNOQQov-0/X1t8HscCTDI/AAAAAAAAJU0/JoVTs6gPGDsOViwuWir6XoNvLkN7ne07gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/somewhere-something-incredible-is-waiting-to-be-known.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
![Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o47rtkcmHMQ/X1tnD_oykAI/AAAAAAAAGZE/2_hvNB6xj0o7rzaHuM5mYkkS1klA1mhsgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/extraordinary-claims-require-extraordinary-evidence.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
![We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E7CKRSJ49vg/X1uO91U4z3I/AAAAAAAALFw/P9vryjJX8Qg0VZdkfp6BABDHCrDvcoOBQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-a-way-for-the-cosmos-to-know-itself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
![We can’t help it. Life looks for life.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2ywRDDQReY0/X1uPLUPOD5I/AAAAAAAALIU/ah1cI49uKhw3HPgO4mLHfNRFTBDqTJOTwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-cant-help-it-life-looks-for-life.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
![I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ypNnwEe7sPo/X1tuX5iVxlI/AAAAAAAAHrs/DkAjrYBRxO4ccXQf_w1_OnDMMPv6t1-DACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-would-suggest-that-science-is-at-least-in-my-part-informed-worship.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
![Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FmqLSF9ACQI/X1t7Hkm-6rI/AAAAAAAAJIs/oRPX5RhxLCgchEYga80o0oU7rNhEQYN2ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/science-is-a-way-of-thinking-much-more-than-it-is-a-body-of-knowledge.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
![We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xtU0BwKgUTQ/X1uPGxyRB1I/AAAAAAAALHc/dXWy2EzwF-kqXfjPwjBnNaiTAHwejZkEACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-star-stuff-which-has-taken-its-destiny-into-its-own-hands.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
![We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Dr1L9R_tTME/X1uPGqtRF-I/AAAAAAAALHY/ldTqLXgoNEcOJl1aqjbgr6lhBI5mYBlPACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-star-stuff-harvesting-sunlight.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
![We are all star stuff.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K3WLn4_l_FM/X1uPARj-A-I/AAAAAAAALGQ/D4fBrDmqmigZlGzdcpOIJ69J7TX7tAS1wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-all-star-stuff.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We are all star stuff.
![Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1-eTHaKcXr0/X1tnDf1P9QI/AAAAAAAAGZA/lK5OpYnQ0HUNHWohVPPr8u4J0Z9z0IWHQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/extinction-is-the-rule-survival-is-the-exception.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)