The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
CARL SAGANThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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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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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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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 significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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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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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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