For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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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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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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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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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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We are all stardust.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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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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