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Carl Sagan Quote - We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.

We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.

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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
CARL SAGAN

Atheist Conviction Courage
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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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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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
CARL SAGAN

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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Chemical Science Worth
All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
CARL SAGAN

Experience Judgement Life Limitation
Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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Fools One Liner Ourselves Science
Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
CARL SAGAN

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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.
CARL SAGAN

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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
CARL SAGAN

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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Creature Love Vast
Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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