For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
CARL SAGANUnderstanding is a kind of ecstasy.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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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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I 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.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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