258 Quotes by Brian Greene

Note too that while professional philosophers are paid to scrutinize belief - to reveal hidden assumptions and bring attention to faulty inferences - that's not how most of us now, or our ancestors then, go about it. Many beliefs in most lives go unexamined.

...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.

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

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

Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored.

...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance.

Religion is not meant to explain the universe. It cannot replace scientific research.

An informed appraisal of life absolutely require(s) a full understanding of life’s arena–the universe. … By deepening our understanding of the true nature of physical reality, we profoundly reconfigure our sense of ourselves and our experience of the universe.

... things are the way they are in our universe because if they Weren't, we would not be here to notice.