--- title: "19 Universe Began Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 19 Universe Began quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Universe Began sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/tor-n-rretranders-80709_mirrors_the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itse_1656657.jpg" --- > [The Universe began when Nothing saw itself in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tor-n-rretranders/the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itself-in-the-mirror/) [Tor Nørretranders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tor-n-rretranders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/tor-n-rretranders-80709_mirrors_the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itse_1656657.jpg) > [It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/it-now-appears-that-the-way-the-universe-began-can-indeed-be/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/stephen-hawking-389_appears_it-now-appears-that-the-way-the-universe_787093.jpg) > [Why do more than 40 percent of Americans think that the Universe began after the domestication of the dog?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-do-more-than-40-percent-of-americans-think-that-the-universe/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/anonymous-1_atheist_why-do-more-than-40-percent-of-americans_2170978.jpg) > [According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/according-to-science-the-universe-began-as-a-swirl-of-gas-that-as-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/anonymous-1_gas_according-to-science-the-universe-began_1635238.jpg) > [All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/all-that-my-work-has-shown-is-that-you-don-t-have-to-say-that-the-way/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/stephen-hawking-389_atheist_all-that-my-work-has-shown-is-that-you-d_362612.jpg) > [“Whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore, the universe has a cause”). Second,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/whatever-begins-to-exist-has-a-cause-the-universe-began-to-exist/) [William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lane-craig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-lane-craig-8716_physics_whatever-begins-to-exist-has-a-cause-the_1657898.jpg) > [When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/when-we-understand-string-theory-we-will-know-how-the-universe-began/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/stephen-hawking-389_began_when-we-understand-string-theory-we-will_841685.jpg) > [Virtually every scientist now concedes that universe and time itself had beginning. So, whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-strobel/virtually-every-scientist-now-concedes-that-universe-and-time-itself/) [Lee Strobel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-strobel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/lee-strobel-7937_causes_virtually-every-scientist-now-concedes-t_1172170.jpg) > [It did not take long to conclude that, without God, would never come to understand where the universe began and where it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-sabino/it-did-not-take-long-to-conclude-that-without-god-would-never-come-to/) [Fernando Sabino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-sabino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/fernando-sabino-32701_conclude_it-did-not-take-long-to-conclude-that-wi_2652632.jpg) > [I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-once-thought-that-if-i-could-ask-god-one-question-i-would-ask-how/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/albert-einstein-33_answers_i-once-thought-that-if-i-could-ask-god-o_3067591.jpg) > [We of Es Toch tell a little myth, which says that in the beginning the Creator told a great lie. For there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/we-of-es-toch-tell-a-little-myth-which-says-that-in-the-beginning-the/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/ursula-k-le-guin-138_creator_we-of-es-toch-tell-a-little-myth-which-s_1508537.jpg) > [There's no evidence whatsoever that Darwin had anything useful to say or anything to say period about how life began or how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/there-s-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-darwin-had-anything-useful-to-say/) [Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/ben-stein-2703_darwin_there-s-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-darw_475662.jpg) > [All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/all-the-world-began-with-a-yes-one-molecule-said-yes-to-another/) [Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/clarice-lispector-1401_achieve_all-the-world-began-with-a-yes-one-molec_663566.jpg) > [This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-behe/this-fact-immediately-suggested-a-singular-event-that-at-some-time-in/) [Michael Behe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-behe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/michael-behe-14142_began_this-fact-immediately-suggested-a-singul_1657210.jpg) > [The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-question-is-is-the-way-the-universe-began-chosen-by-god-for/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/stephen-hawking-389_ask-questions_the-question-is-is-the-way-the-universe_2842225.jpg) > [What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-i-have-done-is-to-show-that-it-is-possible-for-the-way-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/anonymous-1_appeals_what-i-have-done-is-to-show-that-it-is-p_148291.jpg) > [The cosmic calendar compresses the local history of the universe into a single year. If the universe began on January 1st it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-cosmic-calendar-compresses-the-local-history-of-the-universe-into/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/carl-sagan-160_august_the-cosmic-calendar-compresses-the-local_1125468.jpg) > [ “And whilst everyone believed that the universe began with Chaos, it did not. It began with Vacuos\[Void\], his granddaddy.But before Vacuos died,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-chong/and-whilst-everyone-believed-that-the-universe-began-with-chaos-it/) [Nicholas Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-chong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/nicholas-chong-4441_big-bang_and-whilst-everyone-believed-that-the-un_1314732.jpg) > [“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/orson-scott-card-134_art-making_where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what_42700.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/#itemlist", "name": "Universe Began Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Universe began when Nothing saw itself in the mirror.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tor Nørretranders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tor-n-rretranders/the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itself-in-the-mirror/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/tor-n-rretranders-80709_mirrors_the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itse_1656657.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/tor-n-rretranders-80709_mirrors_the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itse_1656657.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/tor-n-rretranders-80709_mirrors_the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itse_1656657.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Universe began when Nothing saw itself in the mirror.” — Tor Nørretranders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/it-now-appears-that-the-way-the-universe-began-can-indeed-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/stephen-hawking-389_appears_it-now-appears-that-the-way-the-universe_787093.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/stephen-hawking-389_appears_it-now-appears-that-the-way-the-universe_787093.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/stephen-hawking-389_appears_it-now-appears-that-the-way-the-universe_787093.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why do more than 40 percent of Americans think that the Universe began after the domestication of the dog?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-do-more-than-40-percent-of-americans-think-that-the-universe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/anonymous-1_atheist_why-do-more-than-40-percent-of-americans_2170978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/anonymous-1_atheist_why-do-more-than-40-percent-of-americans_2170978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/anonymous-1_atheist_why-do-more-than-40-percent-of-americans_2170978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why do more than 40 percent of Americans think that the Universe began after the domestication of the dog?” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/according-to-science-the-universe-began-as-a-swirl-of-gas-that-as-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/anonymous-1_gas_according-to-science-the-universe-began_1635238.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/anonymous-1_gas_according-to-science-the-universe-began_1635238.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/anonymous-1_gas_according-to-science-the-universe-began_1635238.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal whim of God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/all-that-my-work-has-shown-is-that-you-don-t-have-to-say-that-the-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/stephen-hawking-389_atheist_all-that-my-work-has-shown-is-that-you-d_362612.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/stephen-hawking-389_atheist_all-that-my-work-has-shown-is-that-you-d_362612.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/stephen-hawking-389_atheist_all-that-my-work-has-shown-is-that-you-d_362612.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal…” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore, the universe has a cause”). Second,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Lane Craig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/whatever-begins-to-exist-has-a-cause-the-universe-began-to-exist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-lane-craig-8716_physics_whatever-begins-to-exist-has-a-cause-the_1657898.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-lane-craig-8716_physics_whatever-begins-to-exist-has-a-cause-the_1657898.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-lane-craig-8716_physics_whatever-begins-to-exist-has-a-cause-the_1657898.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore, the universe has a cause”)…” — William Lane Craig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but it is important to understand where we come from and what we can expect to find as we explore.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/when-we-understand-string-theory-we-will-know-how-the-universe-began/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/stephen-hawking-389_began_when-we-understand-string-theory-we-will_841685.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/stephen-hawking-389_began_when-we-understand-string-theory-we-will_841685.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/stephen-hawking-389_began_when-we-understand-string-theory-we-will_841685.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we…” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Virtually every scientist now concedes that universe and time itself had beginning. So, whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe must have had a cause.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Strobel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-strobel/virtually-every-scientist-now-concedes-that-universe-and-time-itself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/lee-strobel-7937_causes_virtually-every-scientist-now-concedes-t_1172170.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/lee-strobel-7937_causes_virtually-every-scientist-now-concedes-t_1172170.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/lee-strobel-7937_causes_virtually-every-scientist-now-concedes-t_1172170.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Virtually every scientist now concedes that universe and time itself had beginning. So, whatever begins to…” — Lee Strobel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It did not take long to conclude that, without God, would never come to understand where the universe began and where it ended, where it came from him, where he would go", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fernando Sabino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-sabino/it-did-not-take-long-to-conclude-that-without-god-would-never-come-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/fernando-sabino-32701_conclude_it-did-not-take-long-to-conclude-that-wi_2652632.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/fernando-sabino-32701_conclude_it-did-not-take-long-to-conclude-that-wi_2652632.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/fernando-sabino-32701_conclude_it-did-not-take-long-to-conclude-that-wi_2652632.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It did not take long to conclude that, without God, would never come to understand where the universe began…” — Fernando Sabino", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Einstein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-once-thought-that-if-i-could-ask-god-one-question-i-would-ask-how/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/albert-einstein-33_answers_i-once-thought-that-if-i-could-ask-god-o_3067591.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/albert-einstein-33_answers_i-once-thought-that-if-i-could-ask-god-o_3067591.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/albert-einstein-33_answers_i-once-thought-that-if-i-could-ask-god-o_3067591.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew…” — Albert Einstein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We of Es Toch tell a little myth, which says that in the beginning the Creator told a great lie. For there was nothing at all, but the Creator spoke, saying, It exists. And behold, in order that the lie of God might be God's truth, the universe at once began to exist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ursula K. Le Guin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/we-of-es-toch-tell-a-little-myth-which-says-that-in-the-beginning-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/ursula-k-le-guin-138_creator_we-of-es-toch-tell-a-little-myth-which-s_1508537.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/ursula-k-le-guin-138_creator_we-of-es-toch-tell-a-little-myth-which-s_1508537.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/ursula-k-le-guin-138_creator_we-of-es-toch-tell-a-little-myth-which-s_1508537.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We of Es Toch tell a little myth, which says that in the beginning the Creator told a great lie. For there…” — Ursula K. Le Guin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no evidence whatsoever that Darwin had anything useful to say or anything to say period about how life began or how the universe began or how gravity began or how physics began or fluid motion or how thermodynamics began. He had nothing to say about that whatsoever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Stein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/there-s-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-darwin-had-anything-useful-to-say/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/ben-stein-2703_darwin_there-s-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-darw_475662.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/ben-stein-2703_darwin_there-s-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-darw_475662.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/ben-stein-2703_darwin_there-s-no-evidence-whatsoever-that-darw_475662.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no evidence whatsoever that Darwin had anything useful to say or anything to say period about how…” — Ben Stein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began. Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clarice Lispector" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/all-the-world-began-with-a-yes-one-molecule-said-yes-to-another/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/clarice-lispector-1401_achieve_all-the-world-began-with-a-yes-one-molec_663566.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/clarice-lispector-1401_achieve_all-the-world-began-with-a-yes-one-molec_663566.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/clarice-lispector-1401_achieve_all-the-world-began-with-a-yes-one-molec_663566.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before…” — Clarice Lispector", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Behe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-behe/this-fact-immediately-suggested-a-singular-event-that-at-some-time-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/michael-behe-14142_began_this-fact-immediately-suggested-a-singul_1657210.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/michael-behe-14142_began_this-fact-immediately-suggested-a-singul_1657210.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/michael-behe-14142_began_this-fact-immediately-suggested-a-singul_1657210.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began…” — Michael Behe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/the-question-is-is-the-way-the-universe-began-chosen-by-god-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/stephen-hawking-389_ask-questions_the-question-is-is-the-way-the-universe_2842225.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/stephen-hawking-389_ask-questions_the-question-is-is-the-way-the-universe_2842225.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/stephen-hawking-389_ask-questions_the-question-is-is-the-way-the-universe_2842225.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it…” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-i-have-done-is-to-show-that-it-is-possible-for-the-way-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/anonymous-1_appeals_what-i-have-done-is-to-show-that-it-is-p_148291.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/anonymous-1_appeals_what-i-have-done-is-to-show-that-it-is-p_148291.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/anonymous-1_appeals_what-i-have-done-is-to-show-that-it-is-p_148291.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The cosmic calendar compresses the local history of the universe into a single year. If the universe began on January 1st it was not until May that the Milky Way formed. Other planetary systems may have appeared in June, July and August, but our Sun and Earth not until mid-September. Life arose soon after. We humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of December 31st.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Sagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-cosmic-calendar-compresses-the-local-history-of-the-universe-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/carl-sagan-160_august_the-cosmic-calendar-compresses-the-local_1125468.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/carl-sagan-160_august_the-cosmic-calendar-compresses-the-local_1125468.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/carl-sagan-160_august_the-cosmic-calendar-compresses-the-local_1125468.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The cosmic calendar compresses the local history of the universe into a single year. If the universe began…” — Carl Sagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And whilst everyone believed that the universe began with Chaos, it did not. It began with Vacuos[Void], his granddaddy.But before Vacuos died, or just turned into empty space, which was what a void was, Vacuos begot, all by himself,a son, Chronos[Time]. And just before Chronos died or just turned into ticking time, Chronos begot, all by himself, a three-fold son, Chaos[Confusion] who could turn into Love or Hate. And it was Chaos who begot the Sky[Uranus], the Earth[Gaea] & everything else in the egg which Eros held together before the Big Bang.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicholas Chong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-chong/and-whilst-everyone-believed-that-the-universe-began-with-chaos-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/nicholas-chong-4441_big-bang_and-whilst-everyone-believed-that-the-un_1314732.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/nicholas-chong-4441_big-bang_and-whilst-everyone-believed-that-the-un_1314732.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/nicholas-chong-4441_big-bang_and-whilst-everyone-believed-that-the-un_1314732.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And whilst everyone believed that the universe began with Chaos, it did not. It began with Vacuos[Void], his…” — Nicholas Chong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe just popped into bring, then whoever it was is probably still wandering around giving off universes wherever she goes So where did she come from? And what was there before she started doing it? And how did Outside come to exist, for that matter?” That's Inspace thinking,” said Olhado. “That's the way you conceive of things when you still believe in space and time as absolutes. You think of everything starting and stopping, of things having origins, because that's the way it is in the observable universe. The thing is, Outside there's no rules like that at all. Outside was always there and always will be there. The number of philotes there is infinite, and all of them always existed. No mater how many of them you pull out and put into organized universes, there'll be just as many left as there always were” But somebody had to start making universes.” Why?” asked Olhado. Because-because I-“ Nobody ever started. It's always been going on. I mean, if it weren’t already going on, it couldn’t start. Outside where there weren’t any patterns, it would be impossible to conceive of a pattern. They can’t act, by definition, because they literally can’t even find themselves.” But how could it have always been going on?” Think of it as this moment in time, the reality we live in at this moment, this condition of the entire universe-of all the universes-” You mean now.” Right. Think of it as if now were the surface of a sphere. Time is moving forward through the chaos of Outside like the surface of an expanding sphere, a balloon inflating. On the outside, chaos. On the inside, reality. Always growing-like you said, Valentine. Popping up new universes all the time.” But where did this balloon come from?” OK, you’ve got the balloon. The expanding sphere. Only now think of it as a sphere with an infinite radius.” Valentine tried to think of what that would mean. “The surface would be completely flat.” That’s right” And you could never go all the way around it” That’s right, too. Infinitely large. Impossible even to count all the universes that exist on the reality side. And now, starting from the edge, you get on a starship and start heading inward toward the center. The farther in you go, the older everything is. All the old universes back and back. When do you get to the first one?” You don’t” said Valentine. “Not it you’re traveling at a finate rate.” You don’t reach the center of a sphere on infinite radius, if you’re starting at the surface, because no matter how far you go, no matter how quickly, the center, the beginning, is always infinitely far away.” And that’s where the universe began.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Scott Card" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/orson-scott-card-134_art-making_where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what_42700.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/orson-scott-card-134_art-making_where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what_42700.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/orson-scott-card-134_art-making_where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what_42700.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought…” — Orson Scott Card", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/", "name": "Universe Began Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/tor-n-rretranders-80709_mirrors_the-universe-began-when-nothing-saw-itse_1656657.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 19 Universe Began quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Universe Began sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Universe Began Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-began/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```