Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
CARL SAGANI would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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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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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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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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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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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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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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