Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
CARL SAGANTo live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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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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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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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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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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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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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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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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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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