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.
CARL SAGANIf I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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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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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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