Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
CARL SAGANThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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