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.
CARL SAGANAny faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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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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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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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 you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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