“It is a great tragedy that science, this wonderful process for finding out what is true, has ceded the spiritual uplift of its central revelations: the vastness of the universe, the immensity of time, the relatedness of all life, and life's preciousness on our tiny planet.” SpiritualUniverseProcessWonderfulPlanetsFindingsTragedyTinyUpliftingRevelationsVastnessImmensityGreat Tragedy Author:Ann Druyan
“I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. It's so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are starving every night, and that forty thousand children die every single day.” WantChildrenNightDiesPlanetsThousandFortyEvery NightFifthStarving Author:Ann Druyan
“This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life.” IfsThinkingI CanHomeSeemsWould BeUniversePlanetsShapesSorryProofComing BackImplicationsBack HomeExtraterrestrialExtraterrestrial Life Author:Ann Druyan