Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
Stephen HawkingEquations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
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 HawkingI have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Stephen Hawking