"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."
― Carl Sagan
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Religion
― Carl Sagan
More From Carl Sagan
- "For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."
- "If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?"
- "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
More In Religion
- "And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs."― Bernice Johnson Reagon
- "It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."― Barack Obama
- "They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the communicants of the religion, and the immediate experience. And then they dictate the terms on which you can have contact with this wonderful mystery. We don’t dictate those terms."― Larry Harvey