We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
CARL SAGANFor small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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We 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.
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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