The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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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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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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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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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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