I believe that consciousness is the way information feels when being processed.

Our external physical reality is a mathematical structure.

In 2056, I think you'll be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universe.

There’s no better guarantee of failure than convincing yourself that success is impossible, and therefore never even trying.

So with each advance in understanding come new questions. So we need to be very humble. We shouldn’t have hubris and think that we can understand everything. But history tells us that there is good reason to believe that we will continue making fantastic progress in the years ahead.

For me, [John Wheeler] was the last Titan, the only physics superhero still standing.

The hallmark of a deep explanation is that it answers more than you ask