One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGANOne of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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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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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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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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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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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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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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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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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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