The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CARL SAGANScience 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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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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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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If 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.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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