The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
CARL SAGANThere are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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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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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.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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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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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 can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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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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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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