If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
CARL SAGANImagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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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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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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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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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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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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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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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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