100+ Carl Sagan Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Ash Rise Science Stars
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
Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Ash Rise Science Stars
The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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Argument Cure Ideas Suppression
Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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Atheist Emotion Fools Liable Ourselves Strong
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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Cosmic Disagree Finding Galaxy Human Love Mercy Perspective Precious
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Creature Love Vast
An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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Against Atheist Certain Evidence Existence God
The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Couple Each Other Enptiness Finding Relationship Valentine
Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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Cosmic Enough Explore Investigation Nature Ocean Ready Sail Shore Stars Wander
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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Deserve Destroy Justice Science Truth
Your god is too small for my universe.
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Atheist God Universe
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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Compose Dust Galaxy Gas Stars Sun
One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Argument Authority Command Greatness Science Trust
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Exception Exrinction Rule Survival
I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Atheist Believe Knowledge Proof Science Want
If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Earth Environment Nature Place Ruin
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Courage Determination Fragile Live Planet Significance Wisdom
All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Civilization Extinct Science Space
If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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Accumulate Destroy Ourselves Power Sure Wisdom
Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Across Sea Space Stars Sun
You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Chemical Science Worth
We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Dust Live Sun Suspend
We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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Atheist Courage Depth Embrace Goodness Judgement Progress Science Willing
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
The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Children Future Inspirational Ofer Shape Vision
Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Build Death Nature Sentimental Truth

Carl Sagan Quotes

Famous American astronomers