Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
CARL SAGANWhere we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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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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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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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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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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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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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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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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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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