People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGANI would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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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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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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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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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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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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