Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
CARL SAGANAdvances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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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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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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