We 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.
CARL SAGANThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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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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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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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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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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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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