Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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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 Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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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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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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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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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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