Your god is too small for my universe.
CARL SAGANThe total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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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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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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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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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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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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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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