If we find the answer [the unified theory], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for we would know the mind of God.
Source: A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Bantam, NY, 1988.
-- Stephen Hawking, (Jan 8 1942-2018), English physicist, educator, author; He used black holes to help explain universal physical laws in A Brief History of Time, 1987.