... the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. -Carl Sagan

 

... the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.


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This quote is just one of 37 total Carl Sagan quotes in our collection. Carl Sagan is known for saying '... the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

Carl Sagan

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Carl Sagan

Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.

Carl Sagan

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Carl Sagan

In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, we have established a presence there, we have fulfilled a century of dreams!

Carl Sagan