One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
CARL SAGANPerhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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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 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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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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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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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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