The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Quote by Carl Sagan

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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This...

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This...

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone...

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone...

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth...

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth...

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist...

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist...

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the...

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the...

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary...

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go...

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go...

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than...

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than...

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can...

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can...

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding...

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding...

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.