霍金逝世，终年76岁。霍金除了学术成就备受关注，他坚毅求生的精神也令人动容，而不少他说过的话，会继续流传下去。
霍金还在研究院时被诊断出患有肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症（俗称「渐冻症」），当时医生表示，患者寿命一般只有2至5年，霍金20岁左右发病，一直对抗顽疾，是非常罕见例子。
「请记著要保持好奇心。仰望星空，别老是俯视脚步，为你所见的寻找意义，惊叹这宇宙如何形成。无论生命看来是何等艰难，你也有机会有所成就，重点是不要放弃。」
"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."
「在我21 岁时，我的期望值变成了零。自那以後，一切都是赚到的。」
"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."
「我注意过，即使是那些声称一切都是命中注定的而且我们无力改变的人，在过马路之前都会左右看。」
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
「如果没有了乐趣，生命将是一场悲剧。」
"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny."
「我的未来无疑乌云密布，出人意表的是，现在的我比以前更享受生命。在研究上我开始取得进展。」
“Although there was a cloud hanging over my future, I found, to my surprise, that I was enjoying life in the present more than before. I began to make progress with my research”
霍金也很关心神及宗教∶
「我们有自由相信自己想信的事，而我的立场是『没有上帝』是最简单的解释。没有创造宇宙、控制我们命运的神。这给我深刻的体会。天堂和死後生命也不太可能存在。我们只有这一次生命去欣赏宇宙的宏大设计，对此我非常感激。」
"We are each free to believe what we want and it is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful."
「爱因斯坦错了——他说『上帝不玩骰子』。对黑洞的研究表明，上帝不光玩骰子，甚至有时候他会把我们弄糊涂，因为他把它们丢到了看不见的地方。」
"Einstein was wrong when he said "God does not play dice". Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen."
对於科学探究，霍金则这样解释他一生所追求的∶
「我的目标很简单，就是把整个宇宙弄明白——它为何如此，它为何存在。」
"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."
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