The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
CARL SAGANThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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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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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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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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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 universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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