The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
CARL SAGANThe price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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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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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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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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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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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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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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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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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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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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