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  • The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Stars Quotes , Ocean Quotes
  • We are made of star stuff. For the most part, atoms heavier than hydrogen were created in the interiors of stars and then expelled into space to be incorporated into later stars. The Sun is probably a third generation star.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Stars Quotes , Space Quotes
  • Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was. And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret; But still our place is kept, and it will wait, Ready for us to fill it, soon or late. No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adelaide Anne Procter Quotes , Stars Quotes , Regret Quotes
  • Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid - after all, it's only a game - but it could enrich your life.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Stars Quotes , Children Quotes
  • Pierre looked into the sky, into the depths of the retreating, twinkling stars. "And all this is mine, and all this is in me, and all this is me!" thought Pierre. "And all this they've caught and put in a shed and boarded it up!
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Stars Quotes , Sky Quotes