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> [There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/there-was-no-before-the-beginning-of-our-universe-because-once-upon-a/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

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## More by John D. Barrow

> [“One of Nature's deep secrets is the fact that the outcomes of the laws of Nature do not have to possess the same symmetries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/one-of-nature-s-deep-secrets-is-the-fact-that-the-outcomes-of-the/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“The effect of the 'time becomes space' proposal is that there is no definite moment or point of creation. In more conventional quantum mechanical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/the-effect-of-the-time-becomes-space-proposal-is-that-there-is-no/)

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> [“Humans are distinguished further by the highly effective way in which they have pooled the individual intelligence of single individuals to produce a collective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/humans-are-distinguished-further-by-the-highly-effective-way-in-which/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [We can predict the present without having to know everything about the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/we-can-predict-the-present-without-having-to-know-everything-about/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [All our surest statements about the nature of the world are mathematical statements, yet we do not know what mathematics "is"... and so we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/all-our-surest-statements-about-the-nature-of-the-world-are/)

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> [“If the deep logic of what determines the value of the fine-structure constant also played a significant role in our understanding of all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/if-the-deep-logic-of-what-determines-the-value-of-the-fine-structure/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“Each of us is a complicated assymetrical outcome of the laws of electromagnetism and gravity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/each-of-us-is-a-complicated-assymetrical-outcome-of-the-laws-of/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“Impressed by the success of high-level mathematics in the formulation of the general theory of relativity in 1915, we find that Einstein's life-long quest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/impressed-by-the-success-of-high-level-mathematics-in-the-formulation/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, who died in 1965, wrote of how the mere thought of the infinite led him to contemplate suicide: “A necessity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/jewish-philosopher-martin-buber-who-died-in-1965-wrote-of-how-the/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“As we look way back into the first instants of the Big Bang, we find the quantum world that we described in Chapter 3.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/as-we-look-way-back-into-the-first-instants-of-the-big-bang-we-find/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“The inclusion of just one contradiction (like 0 = 1) in an axiomatic system allows any statement about the objects in the system to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/the-inclusion-of-just-one-contradiction-like-0-1-in-an-axiomatic/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [Once upon a time when there was no time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/once-upon-a-time-when-there-was-no-time/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“Life as we know, and partially understand it, is a classical example of what can occur when a sufficient level of complexity is attained.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/life-as-we-know-and-partially-understand-it-is-a-classical-example-of/)

[John D. Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-barrow/)

> [“There is no formula that can deliver all truth, all harmony, all simplicity. No Theory of Everything can ever provide total insight. For, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/there-is-no-formula-that-can-deliver-all-truth-all-harmony-all/)

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> [History is full of people who thought they were right -- absolutely right, completely right, without a shadow of a doubt. And because history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-barrow/history-is-full-of-people-who-thought-they-were-right-absolutely/)

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