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We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes nor in our brains. The wareho...more

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

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The suppression of uncomfortable ideasmay be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no placein the endeavor of s...more

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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if ...more

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In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

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Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astounding universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.

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Does trying to understand the universe at all betray a lack of humility? I believe it is true that humility is the only just response in a confrontati...more

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All that we have seen is something of a vast and intricate and lovely universe. There is no particular theological conclusion that comes out of an exe...more

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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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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...more

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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.

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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.

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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find...more

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The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in th...more

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The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades, the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared to a star, we are like mayfl...more