If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
CARL SAGANNot all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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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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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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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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