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Carl Sagan Quotes

Total quotes: 6
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
— Carl Sagan, Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Tagged: Science, Knowledge, Confirmation Bias, Truth
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
— Carl Sagan, Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Tagged: Science, Spirituality, Truth
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Tagged: The Art of Awareness, Philosophy
“Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together.”
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Tagged: The Universe, Connection, Life, Spilled Ink
“There is a myth about such highs: the user has an illusion of great insight, but it does not survive scrutiny in the morning. I am convinced that this is an error, and that the devastating insights achieved when high are real insights; the main problem is putting these insights in a form acceptable to the quite different self that we are when we’re down the next day. Some of the hardest work I’ve ever done has been to put such insights down on tape or in writing. The problem is that ten even more interesting ideas or images have to be lost in the effort of recording one. It is easy to understand why someone might think it’s a waste of effort going to all that trouble to set the thought down, a kind of intrusion of the Protestant Ethic. But since I live almost all my life down I’ve made the effort - successfully, I think. Incidentally, I find that reasonably good insights can be remembered the next day, but only if some effort has been made to set them down another way. If I write the insight down or tell it to someone, then I can remember it with no assistance the following morning; but if I merely say to myself that I must make an effort to remember, I never do.”
— Carl Sagan, marijuana-uses.com
Tagged: Drugs, Marijuana, Preservation
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