The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CARL SAGANAdvances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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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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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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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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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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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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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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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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