We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
CARL SAGANWe live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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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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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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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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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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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 Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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