I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
CARL SAGANThe significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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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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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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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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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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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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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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