The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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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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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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