And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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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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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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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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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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