Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
CARL SAGANA book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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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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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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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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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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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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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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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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