‘Pale Blue Dot’

Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.
On it everyone you love, everyone know, everyone you ever heard of,
Every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
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.