The life we have on Earth must have spontaneously generated itself. It must therefore be possible for life to generate spontaneously elsewhere in the universe. Stephen Hawking More Quotes by Stephen Hawking More Quotes From Stephen Hawking We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in space. Stephen Hawking progress space years Why do we remember the past, but not the future? Stephen Hawking asymmetry remember past Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking. Stephen Hawking communication technology reality For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Stephen Hawking imagination animal years There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. Stephen Hawking leap intuition ideas Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker. Stephen Hawking boss miles looks The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation. Stephen Hawking coaching ears way Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out. Stephen Hawking rockets space travel Time travel may be possible, but it is not practical. Stephen Hawking practicals time-travel may Think of our DNA. In the last million years, our DNA hasn't changed at all. It's really much the same as it was in the jungle, a million, two millions years ago. But in the last 200 years, our destructive capacities have increased many, many millions of times over. Why don't we see intelligent signals from outer space? Because in all likelihood, once the civilization reaches the point our civilization has reached, it destroys itself. Stephen Hawking intelligent two thinking Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space. Stephen Hawking survival space long Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor. Stephen Hawking maintaining survival mind Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going. Stephen Hawking light law blue The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more than slightly different values, life as we know it could not exist: Either atoms would not be stable, or they wouldn't combine into molecules, or the stars wouldn't form heavier elements, or the universe would collapse before life could develop, and so on... Stephen Hawking quality stars law It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us. Stephen Hawking should-have would-be way There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning. Stephen Hawking wake-up morning way If you understand how the universe operates, you control it in a way. Stephen Hawking ifs spring way Nothing cannot exist forever. Stephen Hawking forever We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. Stephen Hawking intelligent funny science Someone told me that each equation I included in my book would halve the sales. I did put in one equation, Einstein's famous equation, E = MC squared. I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential readers. Stephen Hawking scare half book
