Your god is too small for my universe.
CARL SAGANThe 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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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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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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