For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
CARL SAGANThe absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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