A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
CARL SAGANExcept in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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We are all stardust.
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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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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