21 great reflections that Stephen Hawking gave to the world

Stephen Hawking. That man who brought us closer to the stars. That man who theorized about flashes, black holes and the origin of the universe. That man who discovered the singularities or breaks of space-time.

That man who made us fantasize about the possibility of traveling in time through black holes. That man who changed the vision of the universe. That man that we all admire, but know so little about, that man has left us today.

He was a man of science, a wise man of our time, a person with a character that exuded strength and charisma. He began to stand out for his brilliant mind from a very young age, seeing his life hit by the diagnosis of a painful disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Against all odds, Stephen Hawking survived this disease, becoming an exception, a particular case. When, at the age of 21, during his stay in Oxford, he was diagnosed with the disease, they did not expect that he would live more than two years. Thus, for our fortune and contrary to what was expectedhis body and his brilliant mind have continued to illuminate us for 50 more years.

Without a doubt this fact makes Stephen Hawking an even more admirable figure, a figure who leaves a legacy to the world that goes beyond the knowledge he generated as a theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, cosmologist and scientific disseminator..

The thoughts of Stephen Hawking through his most famous phrases

Thinking of Stephen Hawking, we could ask ourselves a lot of questions. So, perhaps, one of the most attractive and curious would be “What would it be like to think like him?” Obviously, in reality giving an answer to this question is impossible, but in return we can investigate and get closer to his moral principles, his thoughts about life, about the world and about the universe.

For it We have made a compilation of his most famous phrases -as an ultraviolet light to see the disappearance of a star-, because we believe that granting transcendence, singularity and distinction to the thoughts that he shared with the world will help us to always keep him in mind. Without a doubt, that is the best tribute we can pay to the figure, thinker – and, why not, star – who has left us today.

“The message of this talk is that black holes are not as black as they are painted. They are not eternal prisons as once thought. Things can spill out of a black hole from both sides and possibly into another universe. So if you feel in a black hole, don’t give up: there is a way out”.“It wouldn’t be a real universe if it didn’t contain the people you love.””No matter how difficult life may seem, because You lose all hope if you can’t laugh at yourself and at life in general.“We live in a universe governed by rational laws that we can discover and understand. Let’s look up at the stars and not down at our feet. Try to make sense of what you see and ask yourself what makes the universe exist. Be curious”“I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so many things I want to do first.”

“I have realized that even People who say that everything is predestined and that we can’t do anything to change our destiny keep looking both ways before crossing the street.“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to changes.” “Humanity has a margin of a thousand years before self-destructing at the hands of its scientific and technological advances.”“To survive as a species, we must eventually travel to the stars“The next time you talk to someone who denies the existence of climate change, tell them to take a trip to Venus. I will take care of the expenses.” “Einstein was wrong when he said that ‘God does not play dice with the universe.’ Considering the black hole hypotheses, God doesn’t just play dice with the universe: sometimes he throws them where we can’t see them“”Life would be tragic… if it were not funny.””The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, is the illusion of knowledge.”“The human race needs an intellectual challenge. It must be boring to be God and have nothing to discover.”

“We are just a race of primates on a minor planet of an ordinary star, but we can understand the universe. That makes us very special”.“Calm and silent people are those who have the strongest and loudest minds.”.“People who brag about their IQ are losers.”“People won’t have time for you if you’re always angry and complaining.”“Although there was a cloud over my future, I found, to my surprise, that “I enjoyed life more in the present than I had ever enjoyed it.”“Obviously, because of my disability, I need help. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as complete a life as possible. “I have traveled all over the world, from Antarctica to zero gravity.”

Finally, we wanted to highlight a phrase that Stephen once said: “Nothing can exist forever.” Perhaps in the most transcendent sense it is difficult to understand that something is perpetuated eternally, but what is clear is that its legacy, its intellectual and vital heritage, will remain in the world for a long, long time.

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Note to reader: We recommend readers watch the film “The theory of everything”, which tells Stephen’s life from a different perspective. Likewise, it is interesting to approach his theories through books such as “The universe in a nutshell”, “The secret key to the universe”, “A brief history of time” or any other of their informative productions, since they use language adapted to people who do not have great knowledge in astrophysics.

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