From this distant vantage point The Earth might not seem of any particular interest But for us it's different Consider again that dot That's home That's us Everyone you love Everyone you konw Everyone you exer heard of Everyone human being who exer was Lived out their lives The aggregate of our joy and suffring Thousands of confident religions,ideoogies and economic doctrines Every hunter and forager Every hero and coward Every crrator and destroyer of civilisation Every kind 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 the mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience there is perhaps no batter demonstration of human conceits that this distant image of our tiny world to me the underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and preserve and cherish the pale blue dot the only home we've ever known