Top 90 Lawrence M. Krauss Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

2. “The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

3. “The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

4. “The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It’s evidence of a lack of understanding.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

5. “Without science, everything is a miracle.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

6. “The universe has a much greater imagination than we do, which is why the real story of the universe is far more interesting than any of the fairy tales we have invented to describe it.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

7. “A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

8. “You shouldn’t be afraid of science. Accepting the reality of nature makes life more exciting and even more precious.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

9. “The ultimate arbiter of truth is experiment, not the comfort one derives from one’s a priori beliefs, nor the beauty or elegance one ascribes to one’s theoretical models.”

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10. “Empty space is a boiling, bubbling brew of virtual particles that pop in and out of existence in a time scale so short that you can’t even measure them.”

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11. “The universe does not care what we want.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

12. “As a scientist, I don’t believe anything. Science shouldn’t use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing with absolute certainty.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

13. “Lack of comfort means we are on the threshold of new insights.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

14. “The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

15. “I can’t prove that God doesn’t exist, but I’d much rather live in a universe without one.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

16. “90% of the mass in your body comes from empty space.”

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17. “Science is not just there for technology. It’s part of what addressing who you are in the universe and understanding your place in the cosmos. Good art, good literature, good music – all of that is for that and science is a part of it.”

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18. “It is a shame when nonsense can substitute for fact with impunity.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

19. “Celebrate our brief moment in the sun.”

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20. “Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

21. “You are all stardust.”

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22. “If you have nothing in quantum mechanics, you will always have something.”

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23. “Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.”

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24. “The real thing that physics tell us about the universe is that it’s big, rare event happens all the time – including life – and that doesn’t mean it’s special.”

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25. “The one experience that I hope every student has at some point in their lives is to have some belief you profoundly, deeply hold, proved to be wrong because that is the most eye-opening experience you can have, and as a scientist, to me, is the most exciting experience I can ever have.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

26. “It really is the most poetic thing i know about physics: you are all stardust.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

27. “In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

28. “Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.”

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29. “We all trust each other to some extent. We have to rely on experts to some extent, but we should learn to be sceptical.”

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30. “In this sense, science, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized, does not make it impossible to believe in God, but rather makes it possible to not believe in God.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

31. “For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.”

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32. “There are a lot of legislators who are afraid that kids will learn science and lose their faith.”

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33. “If our species is to survive, our future will probably require outposts beyond our own planet.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

34. “The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

35. “Nothing can create something all the time due to the laws of quantum mechanics, and it’s – it’s fascinatingly interesting.”

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36. “Most people don’t base their morality on religion in spite what they say. If you ask people, “If you didn’t believe in God, would you go out and kill your neighbour?” Most people will say, “No”.”

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37. “We should provide the meaning of the universe in the meaning of our own lives. So I think science doesn’t necessarily have to get in the way of kind of spiritual fulfillment.”

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38. “At the heart of quantum mechanics is a rule that sometimes governs politicians or CEOs-as long as no one is watching, anything goes.”

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39. “I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.”

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40. “The really important thing is learning how to sceptically question and rely on empirical evidence.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

41. “Organized religion, wielding power over the community, is antithetical to the process of what modern democracy should define as liberty. The sooner we are without it, the better.”

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42. “Aside from communications satellites, space is devoid of industry.”

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43. “The fact is that people would rather cling when they’re afraid of something to a priori beliefs than rather open their minds about it.”

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44. “Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.”

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45. “If the universe doesn’t care about us and if we’re an accident in a remote corner of the universe, in some sense it makes us more precious. The meaning in our lives is provided by us; we provide our own meaning.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

46. “Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

47. “Forget Jesus. Stars died so you could live.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

48. “For the record: Quantum mechanics does not deny the existence of objective reality. Nor does it imply that mere thoughts can change external events. Effects still require causes, so if you want to change the universe, you need to act on it.”

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49. “To be scientifically illiterate is to remain essentially uncultured. And the chief virtue of a cultural activity – be it art, music, literature, or science – is the way it enriches our lives.”

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50. “To argue that, in a universe in which there seems to be no purpose, our existence is without meaning or value is unparalleled solipsism, as it suggests that without us the universe is worthless. The greatest gift that science can give us is to allow us to overcome our need to be the center of existence even as we learn to appreciate the wonder of the accident we are privileged to witness.”

— Lawrence M. Krauss