The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
CARL SAGANWe all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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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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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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