Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
CARL SAGANI’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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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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Your god is too small for my universe.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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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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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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