I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
CARL SAGANHuman beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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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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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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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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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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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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