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Carl Sagan Quote - The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.

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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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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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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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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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 a way to not fool ourselves.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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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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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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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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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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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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