The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
CARL SAGANFor small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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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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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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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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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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 can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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