A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
CARL SAGANBe grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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We are all stardust.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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