The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
Stephen HawkingWhat 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.
Stephen HawkingScientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
Stephen Hawking