Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
CARL SAGANBetter the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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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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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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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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We are all stardust.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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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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Your god is too small for my universe.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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