Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. – Stephen Hawking
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. – Stephen Hawking
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. – Stephen Hawking
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years. – Stephen Hawking