Quotes By Author
Quotations By Stephen Hawking
Existence
If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God. (Closing words, referring to the question, “why it is that we and the universe exist.”)
Existence
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
Nature
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Religion
God not only plays dice. He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
Science
I think that science itself is morally neutral. But scientists themselves need not be morally neutral…. They have moral responsibilities.
Spirit
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
Universe
If, like me, you have looked at the stars and tried to make sense of what you see, you have started to wonder what makes the universe exist. The questions are clear and deceptively simple but the answers have always been beyond our reach – until now.
Universe
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
Universe
What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn’t prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary.
Universe
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe ? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?