More Quotes by Stephen Hawking
I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible.
The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.
Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
Do you ever wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges?
Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.
The huge questions of existence still remain unanswered—how did life begin on Earth? What is consciousness? Is there anyone out there or are we alone in the universe? These are questions for the next generation to work on.
remember to look up at the stars
We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.
If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? But we cannot distinguish what is real about the universe without a theory. It makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality, because we do not know what reality is independent of a theory.
It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful.
