In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Anything that happens, happens.

Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up.

So, the world is fine. We don’t have to save the world—the world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about, is whether or not the world we live in, will be capable of sustaining us in it. That’s what we need to think about.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining.

"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered."