You have to know the past to understand the present.
CARL SAGANTo live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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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 price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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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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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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