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Carl Sagan Quote - 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.

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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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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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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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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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.
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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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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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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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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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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