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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.

Carl Sagan

I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Atheist Conviction Courage
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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Alone Coordinate Deal Greatness Information Intelligence Judgement Knowledge Manner Smart Used
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Compatible Profound Science Soource Spiritual
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Book Permit Time Voyage Wisdom
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Book Century Flower Lie Promise Seed Soil
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Hostile Indifference Universe
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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Atheist Courage Depth Embrace Goodness Judgement Progress Science Willing
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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Deserve Destroy Justice Science Truth
When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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Distant Fusion Look Night Nuclear Science Shine Stars
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
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
We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Courage Depth Significance World
One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Book Dead Glance Hear Perhaps Reading Time Voice Voyage
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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Beat Born Enthusiam Kids Natural Science Scientist Start System Wonder
Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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Cosmic Enough Explore Investigation Nature Ocean Ready Sail Shore Stars Wander

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