You have to know the past to understand the present.
CARL SAGANWriting is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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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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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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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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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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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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