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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Carl Sagan

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Ambition Harmony Human Perfection Requirement Universe
Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Elegant Imagination Nature Stuble
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Creature Love Vast
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Believe Deep People Reason Stupidity
You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Chemical Science Worth
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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Awesome Cling Destroy Humanity Live Rock Sun Universe Vast World
Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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Argument Authority Expert Future Mistake Past Weight
I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Information Science Suggestion Worship
Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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Accommodation Admire Enough Faith God Strive Truth Universe
Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Ash Rise Science Stars
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Earth Harbor Life
The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Exclusive Mutual Notion Science Spiritual
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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Cosmic Disagree Finding Galaxy Human Love Mercy Perspective Precious
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Courage Determination Fragile Live Planet Significance Wisdom
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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Assemble Book Leaf Print Tree
There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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Delicate Forbidden Matter Scare Science Sensitive Truth

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