= Citat = Izvorno postao The Boz
Nemoramo bit veliki da bi bili važni. Meni je dosta da smo, koliko za sada znamo, jedinstveni u susjedstvu.
Pa nisam mislio doslovno. Slažem se apsolutno - ali ljudi su oduvijek davali preveliko značenje sebi samima, počevši od toga da je Zemlja u središtu svemira, pa da je sunce, religije koje kažu da svemir postoji samo zbog nas ili filozofska učenja koja kažu da bez čovjeka nema smisla, itd. Danas opet (još) imamo razne religije i ideologije i njihove dogmatske nazore koje same sebe stavljaju u središte svega i dozvolajvaju si prozivanje drugih ljudi jer se ne slažu s njima.

I morali bi se drugačije ponašati ako mene pitaš jer se uglavnom ponašaju tako da pokušaju zauzeti drugi otok u tom oceanu ili ga indoktrinirati s vlastitim načinom života - toliko nam je pokazala povijest.

= Citat = Izvorno postao Carl Sagan
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.


To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.