Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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.
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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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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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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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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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