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Carl Sagan Quote - Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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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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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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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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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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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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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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