We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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 universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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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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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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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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