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.
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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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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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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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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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 truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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