So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

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remember to look up at the stars

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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.

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We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

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I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

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associates and collaborators were Roger Penrose

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I've noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.

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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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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.

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I'm happy if I have added something to our understanding of the universe.

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