Carl Sagan Quotes

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.

Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now.

I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.

I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

Let me say that discovering Tagore was the turning point of my life.

You can read ten books and finally come across one detail, and it's like, "now everything else makes sense. Now I know where I am."

Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.

As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.

I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever.

It was difficult for me because I was searching for the answer for so long, and the answer was right in front of me. Do what I do best.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.

I still haven’t figured it out completely.

That was a very aha moment. It was, 'I'm in the big leagues.'

Nobody brainwashed me with God in my head or anything. I just saw this new reality, and I felt like I've been blinded, and I finally took the blindfolds off.

Look, I had a great experience in the booth. I saw a different perspective.

I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you suddenly understood something that had puzzled you. It made you think it just might be possible to get a handle on this old world after all.

That was like the moment of revelation for me that in fact we are not the lunatic fringe.

One of the strongest feelings you can get in life--one of the most rewarding feelings--is the feeling of an "Aha, I finally understand."

It's amazing in the blink of an eye you finally see the light.

In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, "This is what I want to do."

It was all so clear now. Like everything had been lost in darkness, and then the sun came out. Some moments are like that.

You can't discover light, by analyzing the dark.

An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.