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.
CARL SAGANThe Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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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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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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