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.
CARL SAGANWe 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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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 would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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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 visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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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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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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