I grew up in poverty in South Korea during the 70s. I must have been about 10 or 11 years old when I watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos on our tiny TV and it made a huge impression on me. I remember saving money to buy the book, translated into Korean, which I still own. I ended up migrating to Australia and eventually completed a PhD in theoretical physics. Thank you, Carl, for inspiring a young person so far away. It seems we were also connected to each other on this tiny blue dot.
That’s very inspiring, I really always love seeing how Carl Sagan touches people and that we can all relate to the appreciation we have for the profound wisdoms that he shared…he had some of the most beautiful words.
We dont learn much about space in school.Most kids arent really intrested in it.but i think space is really cool.even though i would like to be an astronaut my dream job is to be an pilot.But i love space.
"A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam" is the most beautiful sentence ever uttered by a mortal man, at least in the English language. Thank you Mr. Sagan.
It's 3:10 in the morning where I am now, February 29nth 2024. as someone who's suffering with depression, anxiety disorder and a few other things for the past 30 odd years, i came across the Pale Blue Dot speech while scrolling through CZcams looking for something to finally go to sleep to. and it made me feel for a brief, fleeting moment that things aren't so bad. For a brief moment...things might just be ok. i felt humbled. but oddly enough...it gave me some semblance of hope. Hope for tomorrow. Thank you Carl, wherever you roam.🙂
I always come back to this video whenever I start taking life way too seriously. Chill out when you can. Have fun when you can. Allow yourself to love and be loved.
It's 1:15 am IST on Aug 30th 2022. There is a thunderstorm outside. There is no power. I am lying in my bed in the darkness and listening to this speech for the 100th time. Goosebumps everytime. Goosebumps turn into tears. I cannot put into words the feelings i am feeling. I wish it was possible to freeze these few moments, so i can recollect them near the time of my death, as they could be one of the most profoundly, mesmerizingly beautiful moments in my inconsequential life. Let this comment be my lil time capsule.
We have sir David Attenborough in the UK. It was an utter loss to the US that a public communicator like Carl died so young. Now you have gits who build copies of the "Ark" in Kentucky.
"Think of the rivers of Blood, spilled by all Generals & emperors, so that in glory and Triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot" --Goosebumps!!! 1:22 to 1:35
@Ethan Steel Others do. No matter how much some people don't like theirs, most of the people do. That's also another way people make progress in their careers and push the man kind forward.
Love from Costa Rica. Let's spread love and compassion. Kindness and patience. Acceptance and tolerance for all beliefs with appreciation for all cultures. We are all family and our compassion or our feelings of unity should not be confined to the imaginary lines man has on our earth. A hungry child in my country and a hungry child in your country are equally important regardless of our nationalism. When we reach that level of love and compassion the world will know much less pain.
It's one thing to read this monologue. It's another thing entirely to hear it spoken in the author's own voice. It brings a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat. Miss you, Mr. Sagan.
I dream of one day having a President like Carl Sagan. The only politicians worth having are scientists, artists, and poets of the world whom often chose not to seek power in this world. Yet, they understand rhe divine most passionately and intrinsically as Carl did. That divine is the cosmos, the power within all of us. Thank you Carl for speaking truth for science AND Humanity.
@@lilyrobinson3740How?? That word has no meaning anymore. He wants a president that is good for humanity. Is wishing our species a good leader that cares about the world "gay"?? You've lost me.
@@methsilidesilva2320 once evil always evil. Either they really solid evil that cannot turned into good or... they're shy and shame to embrace the truth and soo they keep to stay in the wrong path until the end and force themselves to believe that all they did and does are good. Look at Donald Trump and all Israeli leaders there for example.
Why one or the other? Do all: - Played before every UN meeting - Printed on a plaque to be sent to *every* leader (not just the ones of "super"powers) - Adding: To be taught the world over, in every single school (heck, they could each have a plaque, too) Actually, if you can't comprehend it then you are denied permission to be a political leader... ^^ Anyone vandalizing aa plaque should be imprisoned for a year, in a cell...with a copy of the plaque to stare at. :)
We should play this on loop on every radio station, tv channel, and across the internet once a year so everyone around the world could take time and think about everything.
+cottoncandymunch I'm struggling with a job that barely pays above minimum wage. This brings some comfort and separately an ungodly discomfort. Mainly because the concept presented can't be presented in normal life practically. I'm an atheist full of hope, and yet I'm observed as a person with a disposition. Such is life, I suppose. However fleeting and displeasing.
Instead of national anthems, we need this speech to be compulsory recital at schools, colleges and govt offices and at all important proceedings. It should be acceptable to all religions and cultures as it has no insults to any one.
Because we live in a system that alienates us and pits us against each other. Instead of exploring the stars we are made to squabble over insignificant things that we've convinced ourselves are important
am I the only one who actually gets moved to tears by this?? The pale blue dot narration has to have some of the most profound words uttered in the entire 20th century. Makes me proud to be a scientist, and to know that we all benefit from this late, great man.
***** no actually, I am a biologist, and we generally want to look after the planet and all the species on it including humanity. Also you do realise that yes, whilst science has created weapons of mass destruction it has also extended our life span, increased our food yields, given us technology that would have been unthinkable 50 years ago, and allowed women who are infertile to be (potentially) have kids Science is like a tool like any other. You can use a hammer (for example) to kill someone, but you can also use said hammer to help build a house for someone which will give them shelter. There is no need to be so cynical.
+Islamic Ba'athism brother, you don't even know this people, how can you make such assumptions.? This video celebrates life, let's not dishonor that, let's work towards understanding not segregation by simply refraining from causing friction with innocent strangers on the Internet. My best wishes to you both.
this should be taught to every single student in highschool....make them do an essay on it to graduate..I really miss Sagan..he was a wonderful man to watch and learn from when I was younger
"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot." I froze after he completed that sentence.
Those who, so confidently, say that no one can have a profound spiritual experience without God or some other supersticious guru never had the chance to reflect upon reality and how awesome it is.
This video is the first bookmark on the bookmark bar of every browser on every computer I own. When I'm feeling down, it can cheer me up. When I'm feeling full of myself, it puts me in my place. You live on, Carl.
I think this should be shown to every child in every school in every country in the world. Perhaps that way, we might learn to be kinder to one another...
...and 2021. Yet we continue to create our extinction event. Climate change, pollution, resource overshoot and a dysfunctional World order that continues to worship GDP! Madness....
different from the other very popular comments on how "this should be seen by every head-of-state everyday" (which i certainly dont disagree with), this one i could see happen... not necessarily soon but we need it to be soon
Ok, at least not every single gathering of the UN; But I do believe that this is one the most beautiful, inspiring and just a great reminder that nothing matters with just us humans. What matters is not what is around us, but rather what is right next to us in this very moment, not the other beings on other planets, with the same basic ideologies as us, to be the greatest and only species that comes out on top. We are all a figment of the cosmic entity that is the universe, and we have no effect, no say, no way of swaying what happens to all the other usses and wes and yous and mes that live on the other pale blue, or green, or other colored dots that sit out in the darkness and the light. We are all insignificant in the big picture, but what truly matters is what is happening right now, with you, with your friends, your family. What matters is what you do on your pale dot, in the time that you have to live on it.
I'm a simple person. Not much moves me. I first saw this video many years ago. It moved me like nothing before or after. Since seeing this video years ago, I've lost both parents, multiple cousins, and aunts and uncles. But, when I think of this video, it puts me at peace during these trying times. This is beautifully narrated and whenever I need to level set myself, I always come back to the pale blue dot and appreciate life more.
I come back to this video when I'm overwhelmed with my life. I spend so much of my life wishing I wasn't alive, struggling to find the energy to crawl onto the next day. Somehow, remembering how tiny the whole world is, how to anyone else in the universe we could scarcely be noticed... it resets me I'm glad I have the chance to share this dot with you all. Many of us wouldn't like each other if we met... but we're all one another have got. Peace be to you all 💖
@LAGreg123 thank you, Greg. My life's gotten unimaginably better since I left this comment, and I put it down in large part to how humbled I've become by this sort of thing May you find peace and strength in your own struggles too
My old professor from university introduced our class to the pale blue dot 8 years ago. He ended one of his seminars with this video and afterwards he explained that he kept a framed picture of the pale blue dot in his office. He told us that whenever he felt stressed, anxious or down he would take a minute to look at his picture of the pale blue dot. The pale blue dot was his way of representing perspective on life, on any situation and making sense of your situation. 8 years on, although I don't have a framed image of the pale blue dot, I do have this video and I often find myself coming back to it when I need to. Not only does is help bring some peace to me, but also brings back good memories of those times. Thank you Professor, RIP.
Really? Because to me all it says is how utterly meaningless your existence truly is. And the more you understand this universe the more, and more meaningless it becomes.
This speech is so humbling. It puts us in our place. Perhaps nothing encapsulates it better than the line “The delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe are challenged by this pale light”. Hands down, one of the most meaningful speeches !
100 years from now, someone will come watch this video and by looking at the comments it will be evident that this video has helped many people find solace at various points in history. Thank you Carl Sagan
@@MikehMike01 Well, I'd imagine that it's more like this: if 100 years from now we've not learned from what this speech and its creator were trying to tell us, then we'll probably not even be here anymore -- stone age or otherwise.
This man has opened my mind to question, everything, to understand everything "To love is to understand as to understand is to love:" It took me a very long time to think of this, vague and simple, yet very powerful to me. To understand the things around you takes a sense of love, vulnerability, adaption and patience. Once you start to understand, the more you fall in love with the information and everything surrounding it. Understand yourself, love yourself.
@@eledelweis275i know it's late ,but many many happy returns of day , wishing you a happy birthday.. Life can be hard sometimes but keep fighting through it , there's always light at the end of tunnel , sending you virtual hugs
"Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. 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. 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. 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. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. 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.” ― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
DiscordChaos, tell that to the racist Zionists who think they are Gods chosen race and have a Devine holy land, while they commit genocide on the indigenous population.
@Mr. Note you see opinion are such volatile thing , they are subject to change. I get you as a very ambitious man and you look forward to occupying the fraction of the dot , good for you. If that's what makes you happy , all the video is saying is that slaying people to do that , for your greater good , personal gain , is just so pointless. All the suffering. It's easy to comment these things sitting comfortably behind a computer.
No matter whatever stage you are in life in terms of your health, finance, relationships etc. This speech always gives me perspective and realisation of our insignificance. Speeches like this never get viral because it takes a while for people to get out of their zone and get this perspective.
Everytime I feel down, depressed or anxious I watch the Pale Blue Dot...then I feel alright and uplifted..life is not that bad No one or thing is more privileged than me . It's like meditation for me.
I come back as well, last night talking to frined about this. She's a teacher and never heard of Carl Sagan... I told her about this video, and told her to watch it. She will be doing so. I was trying to explain how this makes me see our short small fragment of time on this earth, planet, home.
Listening to these words from a diminutive part of the Pale Blue Dot. Long after they were said but are so beautiful and meaningful that I shall remember this till the end.
Carl was a loser. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the clueless Carl, --It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"-- from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a laugh for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, person he was. Carl cannot get around these laws and what they lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet he thinks creation happened naturally, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" He ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, he ignores the laws... "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as pathetic as he is. So in his way of useless thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally, and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan lived his empty life clueless and has clueless followers.
A great fellow astronomer, Carl Sagan, who I had the pleasure to meet at Durham University in 1989. His beautiful words in this clip are as relevant today as it was when he recorded it years ago.
Whenever I am in doubt. Whenever I feel like the world makes no sense to me. Whenever I feel disconnected and sad. I watch this video and it gives me a new sense of purpose and courage. To get out there and live life in the moment and appreciate what I have. To keep striving for my best. The great Carl Sagan. What a teacher.
@Railqun finally i find someone who senses like me! Everybody expresses happiness & relief from this cosmic realization! I don't know how they sense that!!! For me it's the total reverse! I sense that life is completely tiny & worthless, that i'm like a "nobody"! I sense like i want to kill myself because my life is so small, & death is inevitable anyway, & eternity is void! Also, another bad thing about this sense is being in panic & fear that i don't get everything in this life, because it's my only chance in eternity! If i don't have all the money, travel to all places, have sex with someone i love who doesn't love me - get it all perfect, then this makes me feel rage & depression because i'm losing my one single eternal chance to do it!!!
same when i lose all compassion towards my fellow man, when i lose sight of our humanity and decency i watch this to remember that harboring hate in ones heart is the same as hell on earth, for what a fraction of a second that is life here. that’s just the ultimate waste. when we could make it even more special for one another
This is one of my favorite videos, and I come back to it any time I need to have a good hard cry. The catharsis that this poignant message brings is so precious and valuable. His soothing voice and the soft background of the Cosmos theme ruins me within 10-15 seconds.
It's just a still photo of the area where Earth is. It's not aimed towards the sun. They did the same thing with Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They took stilled photos of those planets, then they merged all the photos to make a Solar System portrait. Though in some photos, you can actually see the suns rays.
I used to watch this video everyday. Somehow lost track of it several years ago and now just found it again, and it’s what I needed to hear at the right time
I do the same to remind myself how insignificant we are and how stupid some humans are when they kill other people. It's just dumb. We need to be more tolerant, compassionate, and peaceful.
It's 2:02 am 4th October 2022, Uzbekistan, Nukus. I'm preparing for my ielts exam and watching this video. Goosebumps are all over my body ane eyes are getting teary. Thanks a lot to the author of this post!!!
I first watched COSMOS when I was in college in the late 1970s. I have shared this jewel of wisdom with all my kids and find the message is as meaningful now as then. When life gets too crazy I find solace in this somehow. Thank you, Dr Sagan
There is no more soulful or eloquent summary that can ever be given to this. Every once in awhile, a human opens there mouth, And what comes out aren't words. It's just beauty and the compassion that the words can barely contain. We lost an angel when we lost Carl Sagan.
Carl Sagan's oratory mastery resides in a realm of exquisite eminence, where words are spun into gossamer threads of solace and wisdom. Like a gentle zephyr, his expressions delicately unravel the knots of worry and tension that bind the human heart, unveiling a sanctuary of profound serenity within the listener's being.
I am Somali refugee born in Kenya when I was in Kenya as a child I always looked up in the night sky and watch the stars thinking they were in the earths sky I also watched the moon it used to cast it’s light down on us I remember the memories best time of my life in 2013 that was 10 years ago the earth completed 10 trips around the sun wow I love this universe
After reading Cosmos a long time ago when I was unsure of what to do with my life I was motivated to become a researcher. I’m about to finish my PHD in a plant genetics field in the next few months. Almost there 🥺
In my every lone night i come here to listen to this man who gave goosebumps every single time i look at the night sky. Thank you Carl, You will live forever through us
Bojidar Stanchev I don’t remember which tag I was on, but I only used the text channels. It was a very wholesome chat with the guy, and he cheered me up when everything seemed to be going wrong. That’s all I can remember of it though considering that was 4 years ago.
I come back to this quote once a year if not more ever since I heard it (5 years roughly). It means so much to me, my journey, and the future I look towards. RIP always Carl Sagan, we miss you.
I've lived my life with this Carl Sagan lecture in my heart and mind. I have always felt alone on my own planet, Earth. Despite this, I am still seeking those like me who care to *"Put being human back into Human Being."* I wrote that at age of nine. In September 2018, I continue my hope to find others, at age 66. This view of our pale, blue dot, was taken by Voyager 1, from a vantage point in its journey, 3.7 Billion miles from our oceans and sky. It is still a wonder to me that this is not a well-known fact, understood by "the powers that should not be." We are failing in our stewardship, not only of our Earth upon which we live, but toward all of the people who live with us. Hope. Dream. Understand. Embrace. Love.
Put being human back into the human being... That's beautiful. I hope that the future civilization grows into the paths of knowing the beautiful universe that surround us, the only path that makes our species truly love life. Hope you are doing well, hope you enjoy and share that knowledge with others.
Why is this message not resonated in every school and educational institutions is beyond baffling. Such simple words with so much weight, the great Carl Sagan, we miss you dearly.
Because it doesn’t make sense. I’m not undermining the beauty of Sagan’s words, especially the first bit. We truly are but a speck of dust in a near infinite cosmic expanse. But why would that lead one to think that we should all be nice to each other? Couldn’t you just as easily say that murder and rape don’t matter in the grand scheme of things? We’re just microscopic critters on a speck of dust, our suffering means nothing
@@lebeccthecomputer6158 it's more about making sure that the human race can survive and live on. and the only way that is at all possible is to make sure we take care, of the only place in the 93 billion lights years of observed space that we know currently has life. And the way we are currently going. we're doing a piss poor job of it.
I try not to get too conspiratorial when it comes to such profound questions... But I do wonder if there's some kind of concerted effort to keep us all dumbed down, lazy and apathetic... With a continuous drive to simply consume everything in sight, to keep greed and the capitalistic engine going... Remember... As shitty, unfair and corrupt as our current system is, many people wouldn't have it any other way... They simply could not exist in a liberal, progressive and space faring civilization inspired by people like Carl Sagan! Without unsavoury qualities like Greed, Hate, Fear and Racism... These sad souls wouldn't know what to do with themselves! They feed on suffering! The more... The merrier...
On this very dot, a genius composer of great significance has lived for long 79 years. Rest in peace, Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou. We will always remember you.
It’s incredible how calm this speech makes you feel. I suppose this is the degree of humility all the great religious texts tried to instil in their followers. Has these words been spoken a millennia ago, I am certain they would’ve found a place in one or another version of religious text. Unfortunately, as Carl noted, people would have fought over what the literal meaning of the words are… rather than choosing to live with their spirit.
I grew up in poverty in South Korea during the 70s. I must have been about 10 or 11 years old when I watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos on our tiny TV and it made a huge impression on me. I remember saving money to buy the book, translated into Korean, which I still own. I ended up migrating to Australia and eventually completed a PhD in theoretical physics. Thank you, Carl, for inspiring a young person so far away. It seems we were also connected to each other on this tiny blue dot.
That’s very inspiring, I really always love seeing how Carl Sagan touches people and that we can all relate to the appreciation we have for the profound wisdoms that he shared…he had some of the most beautiful words.
your comment gave me goosebumps bruhh,
Yours is a beautiful story. Carl Sagan has inspired so many of us.
Thank you so much for sharing your life story
Amazing ❤
This speech should be taught in every school in the world.
This should played every single morning, in every single school, until every child memorizes it. The world might be fixed in one generation.
Goddamn yes! That's what I think whenever I visit this speech 😭❤️
We dont learn much about space in school.Most kids arent really intrested in it.but i think space is really cool.even though i would like to be an astronaut my dream job is to be an pilot.But i love space.
My 8th grade science teacher showed this to us
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"A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam" is the most beautiful sentence ever uttered by a mortal man, at least in the English language. Thank you Mr. Sagan.
Or immoral as well , in any language.
I think he said a ball of dust?
He was a scientist and a poet.
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@@samueljh3 He was ahead of his time & smarter than most
It's 3:10 in the morning where I am now, February 29nth 2024.
as someone who's suffering with depression, anxiety disorder and a few other things for the past 30 odd years, i came across the Pale Blue Dot speech while scrolling through CZcams looking for something to finally go to sleep to.
and it made me feel for a brief, fleeting moment that things aren't so bad. For a brief moment...things might just be ok. i felt humbled. but oddly enough...it gave me some semblance of hope. Hope for tomorrow.
Thank you Carl, wherever you roam.🙂
I s3nd many blessings to you 🙏 ✨️ brother 😎
I don't want your blessings. And I'm not your brother.@@BertGines-hc8gg
Hiya same here, a tear and a smile, and let you know it's going to be alright, hello from UK here
May things improve for you, life is battle for most. If I could meet you, would give you a smile and a hug. Gob Bless
It is 23:24 , 3rd May 2024 now where I am.
Stay strong ❤, you are not alone out there.
I always come back to this video whenever I start taking life way too seriously. Chill out when you can. Have fun when you can. Allow yourself to love and be loved.
Danielle Lotu love you dude!
Danielle Lotu love you! (Not being gay)
Love you, no homo (not that there's anything wrong with that!)
love you all
Thank you for your kind words. I think you can save someone with this and maybe they can save someone else .....
All world leaders should have to watch this once a week. I think it would help.
One of the greatest speech in human history.....
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twice a day it should be
not only the world leaders.. everybody!
It's 1:15 am IST on Aug 30th 2022. There is a thunderstorm outside. There is no power. I am lying in my bed in the darkness and listening to this speech for the 100th time. Goosebumps everytime. Goosebumps turn into tears. I cannot put into words the feelings i am feeling. I wish it was possible to freeze these few moments, so i can recollect them near the time of my death, as they could be one of the most profoundly, mesmerizingly beautiful moments in my inconsequential life. Let this comment be my lil time capsule.
love you...and love your love and affection for this immortal and eternal person...so far a jesus for me....
To feel so deeply is such a beautiful gift from our unlikely existence. I see you
I can understand you as I read your words with misty eyes with tears. Certain moments make this life worth living. Definitely this is one at the top.
@@vicalonso6597 - you're quoting a cartoon? Wow...
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Just wanted to say that as a 50 year old man who had never listened to this, I was moved to tears. Thank you Mr Sagan
right there with you. 😊
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We have sir David Attenborough in the UK. It was an utter loss to the US that a public communicator like Carl died so young. Now you have gits who build copies of the "Ark" in Kentucky.
Better late than never, friend 🙂. We all should listen to these words. They make every conflict seem insignificant, therefore, why have them?
"Think of the rivers of Blood, spilled by all Generals & emperors, so that in glory and Triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot" --Goosebumps!!! 1:22 to 1:35
Yes, just now I thought of that quote while watching the movie ‘The King’. Thinking of the endless wars of kings, it brought me back to this video.
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Do watch this video my fren and give some feedback
It shows how narrow minded our species are
@Ethan Steel
You won't be saying that if your family was the one which was slayed to get the resources.
@Ethan Steel
Others do. No matter how much some people don't like theirs, most of the people do. That's also another way people make progress in their careers and push the man kind forward.
Sagan was my thesis advisor. My grandson’s middle name is Sagan. As a tribute to me. Because of Sagan’s influence on me.
What was he like to work with?
Le Toucan He listened. I had a lot to talk about, very little to do with my thesis.
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Wow. That’s great. Wowowowow.
Love from Costa Rica. Let's spread love and compassion. Kindness and patience. Acceptance and tolerance for all beliefs with appreciation for all cultures. We are all family and our compassion or our feelings of unity should not be confined to the imaginary lines man has on our earth. A hungry child in my country and a hungry child in your country are equally important regardless of our nationalism. When we reach that level of love and compassion the world will know much less pain.
Lucky, I admire Mr. Sagan ever since I have developed a passion for astronomy, cosmology and I miss Mr. Sagan. a Guy a who figured it all out
"how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds."
It's one thing to read this monologue. It's another thing entirely to hear it spoken in the author's own voice. It brings a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat. Miss you, Mr. Sagan.
I dream of one day having a President like Carl Sagan. The only politicians worth having are scientists, artists, and poets of the world whom often chose not to seek power in this world. Yet, they understand rhe divine most passionately and intrinsically as Carl did. That divine is the cosmos, the power within all of us. Thank you Carl for speaking truth for science AND Humanity.
@@habib-vq9fl YOU'RE SO GAY!!!
@@lilyrobinson3740How?? That word has no meaning anymore. He wants a president that is good for humanity. Is wishing our species a good leader that cares about the world "gay"?? You've lost me.
@@unfathomablyunfathomable YOU MAKE ME SICK!!!!
@@unfathomablyunfathomable DISGUSTING RACIST ANTI ISLAM SCUMBAG!!!
Hello my fellow earthlings, love you all.
roteir :)
+roteir Love you to my fellow!
love you too bud !
+roteir Love you too. *hugs*
Love you too ❤️
Perhaps the most important and significant speech made by any human being, and what a human being Carl was. I am in tears watching this...!
Yeah.... :-)
Arun Phillips Yes M8..... I’ll have a slice of that.. RIP Carl Sagan
Same here! Just wow
Yes ... I wish he was alive.
@@reemrazzaq9799 "to live in the hearts we leave behind is to never die"
at the age of 13 in 2024 i want to be the first somali man in space thank you for motivating me
Chris Hadsfieod gag rhe same dream' when he was your age. So good luck.
godspeed to you Muad, Godspeed.
Hope you achieve your dreams.
That’s awesome!
Best of luck my boy
Exactly 33 years ago today this iconic image was captured by camera on Voyager 1 on 14/02/1990. God bless Carl Sagan
This speech should be played before each UN yearly meeting
No. Send this to the leaders of the super powers who are trying to destroy this planet.
@@methsilidesilva2320 once evil always evil. Either they really solid evil that cannot turned into good or... they're shy and shame to embrace the truth and soo they keep to stay in the wrong path until the end and force themselves to believe that all they did and does are good. Look at Donald Trump and all Israeli leaders there for example.
I don’t think anyone there would comprehend it.
Why one or the other? Do all:
- Played before every UN meeting
- Printed on a plaque to be sent to *every* leader (not just the ones of "super"powers)
- Adding: To be taught the world over, in every single school (heck, they could each have a plaque, too)
Actually, if you can't comprehend it then you are denied permission to be a political leader... ^^
Anyone vandalizing aa plaque should be imprisoned for a year, in a cell...with a copy of the plaque to stare at. :)
@@ZeHoSmusician So...
We should put people in a cage if they don't agree with us?
Seems to miss the point...
Happy Birthday Carl Sagan. The pale blue dot misses you.
Perfect line for his rememberance....
It's a simple but filled of emotions given to the reader sentence. We all miss him
And happy birthday once more
Gone but never forgotten.
It does indeed...
We should play this on loop on every radio station, tv channel, and across the internet once a year so everyone around the world could take time and think about everything.
That would be awesome!!!
Perhaps New Years Day to reframe our perspective…
Absolutely!!💯✊🌍
*On this day, November 15th, 2022... Earth reached 8,000,000,000 people. May we remember to love and cherish this beautiful planet and each other.*
this is so beautiful it hurts.. and we tend to forget it all the time, all the time, all the time.
+cottoncandymunch I'm struggling with a job that barely pays above minimum wage. This brings some comfort and separately an ungodly discomfort. Mainly because the concept presented can't be presented in normal life practically. I'm an atheist full of hope, and yet I'm observed as a person with a disposition. Such is life, I suppose. However fleeting and displeasing.
+cottoncandymunch this should the world prayer a saying every child has to recite at school.. that way we will never forget
Instead of national anthems, we need this speech to be compulsory recital at schools, colleges and govt offices and at all important proceedings. It should be acceptable to all religions and cultures as it has no insults to any one.
I wish I could forget it sometimes.
I’m here to remind you 3 years later that nothing matters. No one matters.
The pale blue dot image is probably the most powerful image in the history of mankind
It's is.
And that's why it's shown for whole 22 seconds in a video that's 3.5 minutes long.
@@lubosbician7642 Make your own video if you don't like it.
@@RenegadeShepTheSpacer ok
@@lubosbician7642 Good.
For me nothing is more moving,meaningful than this narration by carl sagan.
This speech with Vangelis music makes it one of those special special youtube clips that i always come back to
Never been able to listen to this without tears.
How can we be so clever, and yet so stupid?
It's the human condition,
It's a perfect illustration of the difference between intelligence and wisdom.
Because we live in a system that alienates us and pits us against each other. Instead of exploring the stars we are made to squabble over insignificant things that we've convinced ourselves are important
@@Fluxquark So true. Great comment 👍🏼
@@Fluxquark THIS THIS THIS THIS
am I the only one who actually gets moved to tears by this??
The pale blue dot narration has to have some of the most profound words uttered in the entire 20th century. Makes me proud to be a scientist, and to know that we all benefit from this late, great man.
It put me in tears as well!
***** no actually, I am a biologist, and we generally want to look after the planet and all the species on it including humanity. Also you do realise that yes, whilst science has created weapons of mass destruction it has also extended our life span, increased our food yields, given us technology that would have been unthinkable 50 years ago, and allowed women who are infertile to be (potentially) have kids Science is like a tool like any other. You can use a hammer (for example) to kill someone, but you can also use said hammer to help build a house for someone which will give them shelter.
There is no need to be so cynical.
+Islamic Ba'athism brother, you don't even know this people, how can you make such assumptions.? This video celebrates life, let's not dishonor that, let's work towards understanding not segregation by simply refraining from causing friction with innocent strangers on the Internet. My best wishes to you both.
absintobias could not agree more!
You're not the only one
this should be taught to every single student in highschool....make them do an essay on it to graduate..I really miss Sagan..he was a wonderful man to watch and learn from when I was younger
In these sad times this needs to be translated into every language on earth and be mandatory viewing for every political, religious leader.
"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
I froze after he completed that sentence.
Me too😭😭
Did you actually freeze?
@@jimbothekid3034 emmotionally
same
same bro
This is the closest to a spiritual awakening I have ever felt.
Same 🌎👍🏼
Indeed. Realisation of truth demands its experience.
Those who, so confidently, say that no one can have a profound spiritual experience without God or some other supersticious guru never had the chance to reflect upon reality and how awesome it is.
Religions feed on ignorance, unfortunately.
Try Richard Dawkins We are going to die!
Nothing has ever been so profound as this. Carl Sagan has changed my life.
I always come back to this video to reset myself. I love everything about it.
This video is the first bookmark on the bookmark bar of every browser on every computer I own.
When I'm feeling down, it can cheer me up.
When I'm feeling full of myself, it puts me in my place.
You live on, Carl.
I think this should be shown to every child in every school in every country in the world. Perhaps that way, we might learn to be kinder to one another...
But they're already kinder to one another in Germany :c
va1bhav _d I saw what you did there !
you can't be kind to be people in a competitive society, "Go next door, they sell a better television set, good sir."
moron
Everyone in the year 2020 needs to watch and listen to this.
@武孫 I was referring more to how stupid people are acting against each other based on petty bullcrap.
This guy named "Tim" from a movie called "Men, women & children" inspired me to come and watch this!
I am watching....peace will prevail ☝
Humanity should not be racist. We should all live together as one nation
...and 2021. Yet we continue to create our extinction event. Climate change, pollution, resource overshoot and a dysfunctional World order that continues to worship GDP! Madness....
Święte słowa. Szkoda że rządzący nami nie czytają tego i nie rozumieją żadnego z tych mądrych słów...
I think this might be the most beautiful thing a human has said from a cosmic perspective.
Humanity was lucky to have Carl Sagan. I listen to this when I'm depressed :)
me too
Same
Same
Same bro...
This should be played at the beginning of every session of the UN.
different from the other very popular comments on how "this should be seen by every head-of-state everyday" (which i certainly dont disagree with), this one i could see happen... not necessarily soon
but we need it to be soon
Thats a bad idea
Ok, at least not every single gathering of the UN; But I do believe that this is one the most beautiful, inspiring and just a great reminder that nothing matters with just us humans. What matters is not what is around us, but rather what is right next to us in this very moment, not the other beings on other planets, with the same basic ideologies as us, to be the greatest and only species that comes out on top. We are all a figment of the cosmic entity that is the universe, and we have no effect, no say, no way of swaying what happens to all the other usses and wes and yous and mes that live on the other pale blue, or green, or other colored dots that sit out in the darkness and the light. We are all insignificant in the big picture, but what truly matters is what is happening right now, with you, with your friends, your family. What matters is what you do on your pale dot, in the time that you have to live on it.
Surah Al Iklas
@@oompylover312 very well said
I'm a simple person. Not much moves me. I first saw this video many years ago. It moved me like nothing before or after. Since seeing this video years ago, I've lost both parents, multiple cousins, and aunts and uncles. But, when I think of this video, it puts me at peace during these trying times. This is beautifully narrated and whenever I need to level set myself, I always come back to the pale blue dot and appreciate life more.
It shows that all life is just a gift to be appreciated
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I come back to this video when I'm overwhelmed with my life. I spend so much of my life wishing I wasn't alive, struggling to find the energy to crawl onto the next day. Somehow, remembering how tiny the whole world is, how to anyone else in the universe we could scarcely be noticed... it resets me
I'm glad I have the chance to share this dot with you all. Many of us wouldn't like each other if we met... but we're all one another have got. Peace be to you all 💖
Beautiful ❤️
Agreed
I’m glad to have the chance to share this dot with you too Rachel. We all struggle in our own ways. I wish you well.
@LAGreg123 thank you, Greg. My life's gotten unimaginably better since I left this comment, and I put it down in large part to how humbled I've become by this sort of thing
May you find peace and strength in your own struggles too
@@cyber_rachel7427 that’s great!
My old professor from university introduced our class to the pale blue dot 8 years ago.
He ended one of his seminars with this video and afterwards he explained that he kept a framed picture of the pale blue dot in his office.
He told us that whenever he felt stressed, anxious or down he would take a minute to look at his picture of the pale blue dot.
The pale blue dot was his way of representing perspective on life, on any situation and making sense of your situation.
8 years on, although I don't have a framed image of the pale blue dot, I do have this video and I often find myself coming back to it when I need to. Not only does is help bring some peace to me, but also brings back good memories of those times.
Thank you Professor, RIP.
Thanks for sharing this story! Your professor did teaching right!
Wow 😢
Now that's the kind of professor that we all wish for! Very inspiring 👍
it helps with death anxiety too
❤️❤️
No speech has ever given me more hope for mankind
Cosmic Data exactly
Watch this before or after Chaplin’s great dictator epilogue. Ultimate one-two punch.
Charlie Chaplin, the greatest speech ever made...look it up on youtube
Really? Because to me all it says is how utterly meaningless your existence truly is. And the more you understand this universe the more, and more meaningless it becomes.
TheKrensada I like that our lives are meaningless and have no point. It allows everyone to create their own meaning to life.
This is my truth and my faith that I cling to. Absolutely beautiful and humbling. Thank You Dr Sagan.
This speech is so humbling. It puts us in our place. Perhaps nothing encapsulates it better than the line “The delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe are challenged by this pale light”.
Hands down, one of the most meaningful speeches !
100 years from now, someone will come watch this video and by looking at the comments it will be evident that this video has helped many people find solace at various points in history. Thank you Carl Sagan
100 years from now they will be back in the stone age
@@MikehMike01 let’s hope not
@@MikehMike01 Well, I'd imagine that it's more like this: if 100 years from now we've not learned from what this speech and its creator were trying to tell us, then we'll probably not even be here anymore -- stone age or otherwise.
I’ll come back in 100 years if CZcams even around or if I’m alive but who knows life expectancy is always on the rise
❤🙏👍
Carl Sagan - 'The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.'
definitely the greatest photo of all time.
Carl Sagan was an intelligent and wise person. We need more people like him.
We really do
especially in the US
Yes when are the rest of us going to get wise
@@jameszelaznysr5179 when we lose everything
Alas, more than that... We need more people to respect and understand What Carl said forty plus years ago.
I come here often!
I have already liked almost all comments here! Everyone is beautiful!
💙🌎🌏🌍💚
❤❤💕💕
Indeed my brother
much love mate
This man has opened my mind to question, everything, to understand everything
"To love is to understand as to understand is to love:"
It took me a very long time to think of this, vague and simple, yet very powerful to me.
To understand the things around you takes a sense of love, vulnerability, adaption and patience.
Once you start to understand, the more you fall in love with the information and everything surrounding it.
Understand yourself, love yourself.
28 years later and this speech still has the same energy to make everyone emotional.❤️ We miss you Carl Sagan.❤️ Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!🌌
Today is his birthday 😞
@@eledelweis275i know it's late ,but many many happy returns of day , wishing you a happy birthday.. Life can be hard sometimes but keep fighting through it , there's always light at the end of tunnel , sending you virtual hugs
"Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. 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. 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.
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.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. 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.”
― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Shaer Ahmed thanks
I need this for school thank you oml
thank you
With honor
With hope
With love
ok
“So In glory and triumph they can become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot”
DiscordChaos, tell that to the racist Zionists who think they are Gods chosen race and have a Devine holy land, while they commit genocide on the indigenous population.
@Ethan Steel It is good that you will never be able to either
It’s a great video to come back to when i need guidance
@Mr. Note you see opinion are such volatile thing , they are subject to change. I get you as a very ambitious man and you look forward to occupying the fraction of the dot , good for you. If that's what makes you happy , all the video is saying is that slaying people to do that , for your greater good , personal gain , is just so pointless. All the suffering. It's easy to comment these things sitting comfortably behind a computer.
A friend showed me this, I had to leave her but will remember her all my life for sharing this to me
No matter whatever stage you are in life in terms of your health, finance, relationships etc. This speech always gives me perspective and realisation of our insignificance.
Speeches like this never get viral because it takes a while for people to get out of their zone and get this perspective.
True
😢Greetings from Nigeria Africa. If you are reading this comment no matter where you’re from live a kind life. 💙💚💜🤍🧡🖤❤️
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Love from india....
Love from Israel brother!
Love from the USA!
Hello from Tallahassee, Florida. USA
I come here whenever I feel bad. Today, I feel bad. Wishing you love from Chicago.
Same here !!from India .. Bihar...
Love from LA💜💙💚💛🧡❤️
How does this make you feel better?he basically spent 3 minutes telling you how insignificant you are.
Love from India
Ola, from Portugal 🖐
Everytime I feel down, depressed or anxious I watch the Pale Blue Dot...then I feel alright and uplifted..life is not that bad
No one or thing is more privileged than me
.
It's like meditation for me.
I come back as well, last night talking to frined about this. She's a teacher and never heard of Carl Sagan... I told her about this video, and told her to watch it. She will be doing so. I was trying to explain how this makes me see our short small fragment of time on this earth, planet, home.
Today's world leaders would do well to listen to the wise words of Carl Sagan
Clearly, world leaders do not give a fuck about any of this.
They have no souls.
we need to make them listen.
the leaders are just a reflection of ourselves
That's are right
Trudeau, Biden, Putin, Netanyahu, Zelensky!!
Listening to these words from a diminutive part of the Pale Blue Dot. Long after they were said but are so beautiful and meaningful that I shall remember this till the end.
-Gaming with ack
Well said
Carl was a loser.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the clueless Carl, --It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"--
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a laugh for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, person he was.
Carl cannot get around these laws and what they lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet he thinks creation happened naturally, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
He ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, he ignores the laws...
"I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as pathetic as he is.
So in his way of useless thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally, and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan lived his empty life clueless and has clueless followers.
@@2fast2block Dude get a life nobody cares about your fricking essay you wrote there.
@@2fast2block No one cares
A Professor introduced me to this and I come back here with tears when I need it too. ❤
Same here
A great fellow astronomer, Carl Sagan, who I had the pleasure to meet at Durham University in 1989. His beautiful words in this clip are as relevant today as it was when he recorded it years ago.
Whenever I am in doubt. Whenever I feel like the world makes no sense to me. Whenever I feel disconnected and sad. I watch this video and it gives me a new sense of purpose and courage. To get out there and live life in the moment and appreciate what I have. To keep striving for my best.
The great Carl Sagan. What a teacher.
@Railqun then become a scientist, an engineer, so you can find a way to let us escape our prison
@Railqun finally i find someone who senses like me! Everybody expresses happiness & relief from this cosmic realization! I don't know how they sense that!!! For me it's the total reverse! I sense that life is completely tiny & worthless, that i'm like a "nobody"! I sense like i want to kill myself because my life is so small, & death is inevitable anyway, & eternity is void!
Also, another bad thing about this sense is being in panic & fear that i don't get everything in this life, because it's my only chance in eternity! If i don't have all the money, travel to all places, have sex with someone i love who doesn't love me - get it all perfect, then this makes me feel rage & depression because i'm losing my one single eternal chance to do it!!!
Kinda feels like you are stuck in here like a prison?
Never be able to flee away?
I also come back to this, Sagan's words give me strength when i'm at lowest point of life
Like a faith in an all encompassing God? That is from an atheist.
You're not alone there mate.
same when i lose all compassion towards my fellow man, when i lose sight of our humanity and decency i watch this to remember that harboring hate in ones heart is the same as hell on earth, for what a fraction of a second that is life here. that’s just the ultimate waste. when we could make it even more special for one another
This is one of my favorite videos, and I come back to it any time I need to have a good hard cry. The catharsis that this poignant message brings is so precious and valuable. His soothing voice and the soft background of the Cosmos theme ruins me within 10-15 seconds.
"On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." ❤
Whenever I become overwhelmed and anxious about life I away h this and it always makes me feel so much better. Perspective at its finest.
Kirst - I'm the opposite. It makes me feel completely worthless and insignificant. I love it.
Same.
Same.
@@GoatyHerps As individuals we are.
Same here 👍
Carl is one of the many reasons I fell in love with the cosmos and dedicated my lifes work to astrophysics.
Steph Spencer why no sun is visible in that pic
Your name is not Neil DeGrasse Tyson, is it? Lol. Carl inspired him, too.
It's just a still photo of the area where Earth is. It's not aimed towards the sun. They did the same thing with Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They took stilled photos of those planets, then they merged all the photos to make a Solar System portrait. Though in some photos, you can actually see the suns rays.
U r lucky if u have passion for your work. I wish I were younger& could've chosen this path, but I was careless & mindless then 😓
I used to watch this video everyday. Somehow lost track of it several years ago and now just found it again, and it’s what I needed to hear at the right time
I watch this every so often just to bring my ego down.
me too.. for many years
I like to come back and re watch this video ever so often. Please don't judge.
***** thanks brotha
I do the same to remind myself how insignificant we are and how stupid some humans are when they kill other people. It's just dumb. We need to be more tolerant, compassionate, and peaceful.
I'm with you, I too like to come back and watch this video often. Please, fear no judgment.
Me also,i wonder what we all have in common? must be something-)
????? REALLY ?????? Everyone on the planet should listen to this at least once a week!! Cheers my friend!!
It's 2:02 am 4th October 2022, Uzbekistan, Nukus. I'm preparing for my ielts exam and watching this video. Goosebumps are all over my body ane eyes are getting teary. Thanks a lot to the author of this post!!!
我偶爾會回來看這個
這段短講讓你學會謙卑，讓你對人類的醜陋感到羞愧，但同時又讚嘆人們建構出的一切，你會覺得人們很苗小，但又發覺每個人的人生有多麼精彩豐富
你會發現我們的家只不過是宇宙中的一粒沙，但又感嘆這粒沙裝載太多
Who else listens to pale blue dot for a reality check from time to time
Why does this always bring tears to my eyes. Such a profound writing.
Just like he said. Astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience 😭😭. I also cry everything i see this.
@@piusokwu3560 its ok baby dont cry :)
Because the way things are isn’t how it has to be.
Our world could be a paradise if we learned to stop hating one another.
I listen to this whenever I need to ground my perspective
I first watched COSMOS when I was in college in the late 1970s. I have shared this jewel of wisdom with all my kids and find the message is as meaningful now as then. When life gets too crazy I find solace in this somehow. Thank you, Dr Sagan
30 years later this image and Carl Sagan's words ring louder and truer than at any other time in our history.
Not 30 but forever or you can say 32
mote of dust ... suspended in a sun beam.....fuck that's awesome.........what a man...
There is no more soulful or eloquent summary that can ever be given to this.
Every once in awhile, a human opens there mouth, And what comes out aren't words. It's just beauty and the compassion that the words can barely contain.
We lost an angel when we lost Carl Sagan.
Carl Sagan's oratory mastery resides in a realm of exquisite eminence, where words are spun into gossamer threads of solace and wisdom. Like a gentle zephyr, his expressions delicately unravel the knots of worry and tension that bind the human heart, unveiling a sanctuary of profound serenity within the listener's being.
You have a beautiful way with words yourself
My thesaurus just tried to hang itself
Dear guy on omegle who linked me to this... dunno if you'll see this but sorry we disconnected.
asdfsfdd pls look at the comments
I might actually be that person.
I'm sure if it were him, he would've seen this five months ago ;o
Maybe. I did link someone the video and it disconnected. Coincidence then.
+JohnsParadise If you could describe the context of the conversation and the interest you were speaking under, I could confirm. :-)
One of the most beautiful speeches that I have ever heard.
I am Somali refugee born in Kenya when I was in Kenya as a child I always looked up in the night sky and watch the stars thinking they were in the earths sky I also watched the moon it used to cast it’s light down on us I remember the memories best time of my life in 2013 that was 10 years ago the earth completed 10 trips around the sun wow I love this universe
Remembering this Today in 14th February 2024❤😊
Absolutely!
I fully believe this might be the most profound and important speech ever by written.
This man, and this quote specifically, is the biggest reason I love science and learning new things as much as I do.
He was my hero.
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Me too
After reading Cosmos a long time ago when I was unsure of what to do with my life I was motivated to become a researcher. I’m about to finish my PHD in a plant genetics field in the next few months. Almost there 🥺
@@HunterDriguez don't live a good life, live a great life.
The only speech that makes me quiet, my mind calm and my emotions flutter ❤
In my every lone night i come here to listen to this man who gave goosebumps every single time i look at the night sky. Thank you Carl, You will live forever through us
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That speech gives me goosebumps everytime
I MET A 20 YEAR OLD MALE ON OMEGLE AND HE SHOWED ME THIS VIDEO. WE TALKED ABOUT SCIENCE FOR HOURS. I HOPE HE SEES THIS.
I always thought omegle is just wankers and shitposting
Bojidar Stanchev I don’t remember which tag I was on, but I only used the text channels. It was a very wholesome chat with the guy, and he cheered me up when everything seemed to be going wrong. That’s all I can remember of it though considering that was 4 years ago.
Tears. Every time.
I come back to this quote once a year if not more ever since I heard it (5 years roughly). It means so much to me, my journey, and the future I look towards. RIP always Carl Sagan, we miss you.
I've lived my life with this Carl Sagan lecture in my heart and mind. I have always felt alone on my own planet, Earth. Despite this, I am still seeking those like me who care to *"Put being human back into Human Being."* I wrote that at age of nine.
In September 2018, I continue my hope to find others, at age 66. This view of our pale, blue dot, was taken by Voyager 1, from a vantage point in its journey, 3.7 Billion miles from our oceans and sky. It is still a wonder to me that this is not a well-known fact, understood by "the powers that should not be."
We are failing in our stewardship, not only of our Earth upon which we live, but toward all of the people who live with us.
Hope. Dream. Understand. Embrace. Love.
Steven DiBernardo hey man, how are you?
Hi there!! I know i am late..hope you're doing well!😊
Put being human back into the human being... That's beautiful. I hope that the future civilization grows into the paths of knowing the beautiful universe that surround us, the only path that makes our species truly love life. Hope you are doing well, hope you enjoy and share that knowledge with others.
Why is this message not resonated in every school and educational institutions is beyond baffling. Such simple words with so much weight, the great Carl Sagan, we miss you dearly.
My awesome physics teacher showed us this video. Really left an imprint on my already curious mind on astronomy* and philosophy
Because it doesn’t make sense.
I’m not undermining the beauty of Sagan’s words, especially the first bit. We truly are but a speck of dust in a near infinite cosmic expanse.
But why would that lead one to think that we should all be nice to each other? Couldn’t you just as easily say that murder and rape don’t matter in the grand scheme of things? We’re just microscopic critters on a speck of dust, our suffering means nothing
@@lebeccthecomputer6158 glass half full or half empty. I think its just a matter of perspective. I can totally see that justification
@@lebeccthecomputer6158 it's more about making sure that the human race can survive and live on. and the only way that is at all possible is to make sure we take care, of the only place in the 93 billion lights years of observed space that we know currently has life. And the way we are currently going. we're doing a piss poor job of it.
I try not to get too conspiratorial when it comes to such profound questions...
But I do wonder if there's some kind of concerted effort to keep us all dumbed down, lazy and apathetic...
With a continuous drive to simply consume everything in sight, to keep greed and the capitalistic engine going...
Remember... As shitty, unfair and corrupt as our current system is, many people wouldn't have it any other way...
They simply could not exist in a liberal, progressive and space faring civilization inspired by people like Carl Sagan!
Without unsavoury qualities like Greed, Hate, Fear and Racism... These sad souls wouldn't know what to do with themselves!
They feed on suffering! The more... The merrier...
On this very dot, a genius composer of great significance has lived for long 79 years. Rest in peace, Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou. We will always remember you.
It’s incredible how calm this speech makes you feel. I suppose this is the degree of humility all the great religious texts tried to instil in their followers. Has these words been spoken a millennia ago, I am certain they would’ve found a place in one or another version of religious text.
Unfortunately, as Carl noted, people would have fought over what the literal meaning of the words are… rather than choosing to live with their spirit.
"the only home we've ever known" powerful, still gets me every time I listen.
Extremely powerful line.
Yeah, very powerful
The most beautiful words ever spoken. The Pale Blue Dot. Simply amazing.