--- title: "14 Planets Quotes By Edgar Mitchell" description: "14 Planets quotes by Edgar Mitchell. Plus more from Edgar Mitchell and more Planets sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/edgar-mitchell-6104_astronaut_my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-d_1588429.png" --- > [My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-divinity/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/edgar-mitchell-6104_astronaut_my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-d_1588429.png) > [Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-are-now-6-8-billion-people-on/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/edgar-mitchell-6104_another-way_another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-ar_167275.png) > [On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/on-the-return-trip-home-gazing-through-240-000-miles-of-space-toward/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/edgar-mitchell-6104_a-perfect-world_on-the-return-trip-home-gazing-through-2_1112468.png) > [I believe we have these capabilities. It doesn't mean that we will use them. Our future is not assured here. It's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-believe-we-have-these-capabilities-it-doesn-t-mean-that-we-will-use/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/edgar-mitchell-6104_assured_i-believe-we-have-these-capabilities-it_92119.png) > [When I went to the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But when I saw the planet Earth floating in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/when-i-went-to-the-moon-i-was-a-pragmatic-test-pilot-but-when-i-saw/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/edgar-mitchell-6104_accidents_when-i-went-to-the-moon-i-was-a-pragmati_617791.jpg) > [Certainly whatever climate change and global warming means, we've got a big issue here. Right now, this civilization or this period that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/certainly-whatever-climate-change-and-global-warming-means-we-ve-got/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/edgar-mitchell-6104_asteroids_certainly-whatever-climate-change-and-gl_510305.png) > [We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-re-at-a-point-in-history-were-we-have-to-become-a-part-of-the/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/edgar-mitchell-6104_community_we-re-at-a-point-in-history-were-we-have_1586.png) > [Understanding is becoming aware of the fact that civilization itself is in trouble and we have done it by overpopulating the planet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/understanding-is-becoming-aware-of-the-fact-that-civilization-itself/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/edgar-mitchell-6104_approach_understanding-is-becoming-aware-of-the-f_1772323.png) > [I call it "the big picture effect." Getting to see earth as a small planet and to see it in that perspective,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-call-it-the-big-picture-effect-getting-to-see-earth-as-a-small/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/edgar-mitchell-6104_big-picture_i-call-it-the-big-picture-effect-getting_2878846.jpg) > [It was a beautiful, harmonious, peaceful-looking planet, blue with white clouds, and one that gave you a deep sense of home, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/it-was-a-beautiful-harmonious-peaceful-looking-planet-blue-with-white/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/edgar-mitchell-6104_beautiful_it-was-a-beautiful-harmonious-peaceful-l_2235304.png) > [Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/suddenly-from-behind-the-rim-of-the-moon-in-long-slow-motion-moments/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/edgar-mitchell-6104_astronaut_suddenly-from-behind-the-rim-of-the-moon_2384648.jpg) > [It's been written about as "the overview effect." All I can give you is my perspective, but most all of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/it-s-been-written-about-as-the-overview-effect-all-i-can-give-you-is/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/edgar-mitchell-6104_boundaries_it-s-been-written-about-as-the-overview_1248818.jpg) > [Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/space-exploration-must-be-undertaken-not-only-out-of-simple-human/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/edgar-mitchell-6104_capable_space-exploration-must-be-undertaken-not_2746278.png) > [Let me put it in a rather larger picture framework. Let's go to the longest time frame, the time frame of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/let-me-put-it-in-a-rather-larger-picture-framework-let-s-go-to-the/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/edgar-mitchell-6104_billions_let-me-put-it-in-a-rather-larger-picture_1313352.png) ## Other authors on Planets ## More by Edgar Mitchell > [We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-re-at-a-point-in-history-were-we-have-to-become-a-part-of-the/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-do-need-different-types-of-propulsion-to-get-to-mars-i-wrote-one/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [Our success and our understanding is that all beings are right inside, the deeper we go inside ourselves. There's a saying that Unity uses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/our-success-and-our-understanding-is-that-all-beings-are-right-inside/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [To kill a citizen of our own country is evil, but to kill a citizen of another country is 'good.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/to-kill-a-citizen-of-our-own-country-is-evil-but-to-kill-a-citizen-of/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/you-develop-an-instant-global-consciousness-a-people-orientation-an/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/when-i-learned-that-aliens-really-do-exist-i-wasn-t-too-surprised-but/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [I believe we have these capabilities. It doesn't mean that we will use them. Our future is not assured here. It's not clear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-believe-we-have-these-capabilities-it-doesn-t-mean-that-we-will-use/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [What we're starting to see is a quantum biology, it being applied in biology and cosmology and a host of other sciences, because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/what-we-re-starting-to-see-is-a-quantum-biology-it-being-applied-in/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [The Big Bang has gone away, but as far as Super String, that is suspicious for me. It all starts out with the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/the-big-bang-has-gone-away-but-as-far-as-super-string-that-is/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [Unfortunately, religions have become a part of the problem instead of part of the solution. We have fought our wars in the name of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/unfortunately-religions-have-become-a-part-of-the-problem-instead-of/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't even born when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-are-now-6-8-billion-people-on/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from, and what do they want?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/we-all-know-that-ufos-are-real-all-we-need-to-ask-is-where-do-they/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [Undoubtedly we will go on to Mars in due course, provided we don't blow ourselves up with our stupidities in the short run. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/undoubtedly-we-will-go-on-to-mars-in-due-course-provided-we-don-t/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [The quantum hologram is a mechanism to explain this concept of the ancients of the Akashic Records. It also explains Rupert Sheldrake's work among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/the-quantum-hologram-is-a-mechanism-to-explain-this-concept-of-the/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) > [Our mission on Apollo 14 was to be the first to do science on the moon, so we had to be careful about getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/our-mission-on-apollo-14-was-to-be-the-first-to-do-science-on-the/) [Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/planets/edgar-mitchell/#itemlist", "name": "14 Planets Quotes By Edgar Mitchell", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edgar Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-divinity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/edgar-mitchell-6104_astronaut_my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-d_1588429.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/edgar-mitchell-6104_astronaut_my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-d_1588429.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/edgar-mitchell-6104_astronaut_my-view-of-our-planet-was-a-glimpse-of-d_1588429.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.” — Edgar Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't even born when we went to the moon, and so they don't have the perspective.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edgar Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-are-now-6-8-billion-people-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/edgar-mitchell-6104_another-way_another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-ar_167275.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/edgar-mitchell-6104_another-way_another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-ar_167275.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/edgar-mitchell-6104_another-way_another-way-to-think-of-this-is-there-ar_167275.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't…” — Edgar Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come, I suddenly experienced the universe as intelligent, loving, harmonious.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edgar Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/on-the-return-trip-home-gazing-through-240-000-miles-of-space-toward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/edgar-mitchell-6104_a-perfect-world_on-the-return-trip-home-gazing-through-2_1112468.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/edgar-mitchell-6104_a-perfect-world_on-the-return-trip-home-gazing-through-2_1112468.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/edgar-mitchell-6104_a-perfect-world_on-the-return-trip-home-gazing-through-2_1112468.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I…” — Edgar Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe we have these capabilities. 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