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Carl Sagan Quote - Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.

Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.

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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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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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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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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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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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