The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
CARL SAGANWe are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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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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