People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGANWhere we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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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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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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We are all stardust.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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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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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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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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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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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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