For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
CARL SAGANThe total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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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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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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