- However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matter that you don’t just give up.
- Without imperfection, you or I would not exist.
- The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
- It will take about a thousand million million million million years for the Earth to run into the sun, so there’s no immediate cause for worry!
- Quiet people have the loudest minds.
- We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
- Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
- If we find the answer to why the universe exists, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we would know the mind of God.
- If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
- It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.
- We are all different, but we share the same human spirit. Perhaps it’s human nature that we adapt and survive.
- The idea of 10 dimensions might sound exciting, but they would cause real problems if you forget where you parked your car.
- My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.
- Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
- My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
- The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.
- The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
- Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious, and however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.
- People who boast about their IQ are losers.
- My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
20 Stephen Hawking Quotes
