One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
CARL SAGANI 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.
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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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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