« All Wisdom Quotes · Carl Sagan's Page
Wisdom Quotes by Carl Sagan
- Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
- Books tap the wisdom of our species -- the greatest minds, the best teachers -- from all over the world and from all our history.…
- The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
- Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science…
- The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's…
More Wisdom Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold