So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us,... - Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

"I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship."

"I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship."

"So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations."

"We make our purpose."

"If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?"