Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
CARL SAGANIf you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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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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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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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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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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