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Carl Sagan Quote - Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.

Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.

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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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Assure Delusion Grasp Persistence Satisfaction Universe
Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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Atheist Emotion Fools Liable Ourselves Strong
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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Bound Human Quality Religion Science Thirist Wonder
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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Beat Born Enthusiam Kids Natural Science Scientist Start System Wonder
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Butterfly Forever Human Nature Thinking
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Book Century Flower Lie Promise Seed Soil
To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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Break Up Couple Deep Forever Heart Leaving Live Love
Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Book Break Human Magic Proof Time Work
There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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Atom DNA Galaxy Molecule Science Stars Typical
Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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Disturb Glory Stupidity
And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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Biology Cell Science
Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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Argument Authority Expert Future Mistake Past Weight
Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Avoid Cause Human Ignorance Misery Ourselves Particular Stupidity
All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Civilization Extinct Science Space
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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Book Permit Time Voyage Wisdom
Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Inspirational Life Magnificent Opportunity Positive Provide Thankful

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