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"Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?"

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MORE QUOTES BY Carl Sagan

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious.”

Carl Sagan

“Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.”

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”

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“The ego is not master in its own house.”

“What you seek is seeking you”

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

“I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.”

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there”

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

“When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.”

“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”

“Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.”