Quotes from Neil deGrasse Tyson

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. —NDT

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.

We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.

Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.

God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.

One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases… but people prefer reassurance to research.

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method.

I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: 'Have you HEARD THIS?

After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?

Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don't say "I'll never be good". You can become better! and one day you'll wake up and you'll find out how good you actually became.