If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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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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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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 small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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