We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
CARL SAGANThe significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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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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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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