Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
CARL SAGANYou are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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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 all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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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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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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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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