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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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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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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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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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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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Adult Children Gift Reading Society Spring
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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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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Astonish Book One Liner
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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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Butterfly Forever Human Nature Thinking
There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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Atom DNA Galaxy Molecule Science Stars Typical
The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Earth Environment Nature Place Ruin
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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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Creature Love Vast
Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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