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Quote by Carl Sagan
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to

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

Other quotes by Carl Sagan

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
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Carl Sagan
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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 it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. – Carl Sagan

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Death
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Carl Sagan
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. – Carl Sagan

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Science
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. – Marcus Aurelius

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Do not think of your faults, still less of others faults look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. – John Ruskin

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good

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones. – Stephen King

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good

Be sweet, be good, and honest always. – Emma Bunton

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good

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The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies. – Terry Waite

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My moms the one I look up to for everything. I feel like Im a lump of clay and shes moulding me into a woman. – Chloe Moretz

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Take the first step in faith. You dont have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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It is really one moment of looking love dead in the eye that takes us everywhere in a flash. – Swami Chetanananda

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