Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
CARL SAGANIf we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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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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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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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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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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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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