Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
CARL SAGANThe only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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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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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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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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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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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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Exploration 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.
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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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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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