Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
CARL SAGANI 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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