I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
CARL SAGANOne of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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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 visions we offer our children shape the future.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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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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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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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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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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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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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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