The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
CARL SAGANOther things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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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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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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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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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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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 not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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