15Mar
10 Stephen Hawking Quotes About Life
On one of the most significant days in a geek’s life, Pi Day, one of the most admired minds of our generation passed away. Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA, physicist, cosmologist, author of A Brief History of Time – among many things – said goodbye to the world that had been the object of his fascination.
But it wasn’t only lofty or convoluted (to the average mind) theories he has left behind.
Above all things, he was a human being who had insight into what – and who – we are.
We’ve put together 10 of our favorite Stephen Hawking quotes about life. Words that we hope will inspire you as they have inspired us.
- “To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “It matters if you just don’t give up.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “I like physics, but I love cartoons.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there’s life, there’s hope.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “If one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be *psychologically* disabled as well.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” ― Stephen Hawking
- “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” ― Stephen Hawking
