To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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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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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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