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.
CARL SAGANThe brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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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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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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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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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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