Carl Sagan Quote Explained: We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

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[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science.

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

- Carl Sagan

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But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.

- Carl Sagan

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Maxwell’s Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.

- Carl Sagan

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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.

- Carl Sagan

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One of the great commandments of science is: ‘Mistrust arguments from authority.’

- Carl Sagan

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

- Carl Sagan

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Love

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It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don’t understand.

- Carl Sagan

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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.

Maxwell’s Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.

Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.

One of the great commandments of science is: ‘Mistrust arguments from authority.’

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

It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don’t understand.

Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

I don’t represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we’re for the dark So soon, so soon.

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star.

I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don’t want to be fated, I want to choose.

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

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