I've seen children's eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding.

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level

Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.

We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.

Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions and understand the external world.

I was holding [my four-year-old daughter] and I said, 'Sophia, I love you more than anything in the universe.' And she turned to me and said, 'Daddy, universe or multiverse?'

Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.

All you are is a bag of particles acting out the laws of physics. That to me is pretty clear.

Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. Where did the totality of reality come from? Did time have a beginning?

It is hard to be kind to those who smack the hands that feed you.

An open mind and heart usually lead you to those who have the same.

If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,    your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue.

Discover the diamonds in everyday life.

Heavenly Father is constantly raining blessings upon us, but it is our fear, doubt, and sin that, like an umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.

The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word.

If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

Your latter days are supposed to be greater than your former days.