The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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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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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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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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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 not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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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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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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