The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
CARL SAGANI consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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