Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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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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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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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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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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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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