Cosmos

The sun, the moon, the stars, and the planets

There will be other worlds and stars and galaxies coming into being

And they will know nothing of a place once called Earth

From this distant vantage point

The Earth might not seem of any particular interest

But for us, it's different

The Earth is where we make our stand

That's here, that's home, that's us

On it everyone you love, everyone you ever heard of

Every human being who ever was, lived out their lives

Every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization

Lived there, on a mote of dust

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life

The Earth is where we make our stand

The only home we've ever known

The sun, the moon, the stars, and the planets

Which travels fast, but not infinitely fast

To cross the intervening vastness

Luminous dots, brighter than most of the stars

And they will know nothing of a place once called Earth

But for us, it's different

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life

The Earth is where we make our stand

The only home we've ever known

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