Religion Quotes by Stephen Hawking

Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ?

— Stephen Hawking

Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

— Stephen Hawking

“You can't afford to be disabled in spirit as well as physically. People won't have time for you.”

— Stephen Hawking

Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science.

— Stephen Hawking

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

— Stephen Hawking

Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying.

— Stephen Hawking

Science does not deny religion, it just offers a simpler alternative.

— Stephen Hawking

Not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.

— Stephen Hawking

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science…

— Stephen Hawking

I'm not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have…

— Stephen Hawking

We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the…

— Stephen Hawking

One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one…

— Stephen Hawking

So long as the Universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the Universe is really completely…

— Stephen Hawking

Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are…

— Stephen Hawking

What could define God, [is thinking of God] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most…

— Stephen Hawking

So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely…

— Stephen Hawking

Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason…

— Stephen Hawking

The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the…

— Stephen Hawking

As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first pointed out…

— Stephen Hawking

“When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t…

— Stephen Hawking