Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
CARL SAGANWe 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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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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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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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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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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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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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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