We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
CARL SAGANOther things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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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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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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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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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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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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