We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
CARL SAGANUnderstanding is a kind of ecstasy.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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