Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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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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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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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 star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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