"A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one p...
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
~ Carl Sagan ~
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
More Carl Sagan quotes
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"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to be...
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"The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of you are wrong? It's a possibility,...
"Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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"The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. W...
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being...
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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.
"At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or coun...