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.
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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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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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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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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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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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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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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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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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