The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CARL SAGANThe very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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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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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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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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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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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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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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