20 Best of Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes You Will Ever See

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an American Astrophysicist, Author, Science Communicator, but when you will see his Twitter account, you will be surprised. No Astrophysicist has the fan base as he does, and if you want to know why that is, then read his quotes till the end!

So, here is the list of most thought-provoking quotes by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the; you’ll feel smarter once you read.

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The list of 20 Best Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes Ever

1. “The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”

2. “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”

3. “There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.”

4. “The only way you can invent tomorrow is if you break out of the enclosure that the school system has provided for you by the exams written by people who are trained in another generation.”

5. “Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.”

6. “The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there’s any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.”

7. “If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.

8. “Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought of before and expressing it somehow.”

9. “No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.”

10. “Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up

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

12.“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”

13. “Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination”

14. “During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore — in part because it’s fun to do. But there’s a far nobler reason. The day our knowledge of the cosmos ceases to expand, we risk regressing to the childish view that the universe figuratively and literally revolves around us.”

15. “Sometimes I wonder if we’d have flying cars by now had civilization spent a little less brain energy contemplating Football.”

16. “It’s the inspired student that continues to learn on their own. That’s what separates the real achievers in the world from those who pedal along, finishing assignments.”

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

18. “Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we’re still at the mercy of nature.”

19. “Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.”

20.  “Rational thoughts never drive people’s creativity the way emotions do.”

Conclusion

His extraordinary ability to explain complex astrophysical phenomena in simple layman language has gathered him so many enthusiasts from all over the world. And his cheerful and vibrant nature just adds to his scientific charm, he pulls it off so beautifully, as no other person can.

References: Everyday Power