Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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