Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
CARL SAGANExploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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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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Your god is too small for my universe.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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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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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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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 make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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