For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
CARL SAGANStars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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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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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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We are all stardust.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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