Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
CARL SAGANThe universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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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 are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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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 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 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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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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