Pencil Nebula - Carl Sagan (Born November 9, 1934)

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"I had an experience... I can't prove it, I can't even explain it, but everything that I know as a human being, everything that I am tells me that it was real! I was given something wonderful, something that changed me forever... A vision of the universe that tells us, undeniably, how tiny, and insignificant and how ... rare, and precious we all are! A vision that tells us that we belong to something that is greater than ourselves, that we are not — that none of us — are alone! ... I wish I could share that. I wish, that everyone, if only for one moment, could feel that awe, and humility, and hope. But ... that continues to be my wish."

"Ellie Arroway" in Contact

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Carl Sagan (Born November 9, 1934)

"In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours."
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos Episode 12: Encyclopedia Galactica

Confucius On Virtue, Balance, & Humility - Statue At The Yushima Seido

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"It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin. It is characteristic of the superior man, appearing insipid, yet never to produce satiety; while showing a simple negligence, yet to have his accomplishments recognized; while seemingly plain, yet to be discriminating. He knows how what is distant lies in what is near. He knows where the wind proceeds from. He knows how what is minute becomes manifested. Such a one, we may be sure, will enter into virtue."
- Confucius

Vangelis - Intergalactic Radio Station

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"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction."
- Rachel Carson

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Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (Rare)

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"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility."

- Rachel Carson

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