We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
CARL SAGANFor me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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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 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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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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