The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CARL SAGANHuman beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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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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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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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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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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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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