The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.
STEPHEN HAWKINGYou cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.
More Stephen Hawking Quotes
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Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.
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Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
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There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.
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We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.
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What I meant by ‘we would know the mind of God’ is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn’t. I’m an atheist.
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Time and space are finite in extent, but they don’t have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions.
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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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I like physics, but I love cartoons.
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Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
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Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.
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It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.
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Once I wept for I had no shoes. Then I met a man with no feet, so I took his shoes. I mean, it wasn’t as if he was going to need them.
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Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
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There is no unique picture of reality.
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Mankind’s greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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