Of the "pale blue dot," astronomer Carl Sagan said, "That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
5 comments:
So silly I know, but this picture brought tears to my eyes...
Amanda,
That picture and the quote from Sagan always touches me very deeply as well.
Andrew
Amazing. My friend and I were just having a conversation about how small we really are in the "grand scheme" of things. I will have to share this post with him as it so beautifully expresses exactly what I feel, but was unable to say. Thanks for sharing with us.
Nice pages here. Great information. Will visit again and recommend.
I read the book when I was sixteen. It is one of those that has a profound affect on a young life. The quote is great.
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