The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
CARL SAGANOur species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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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 very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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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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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.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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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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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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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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