A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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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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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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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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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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We 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.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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