Why I Am An Atheist Quotes

“But man's duty is to try and endeavour, success depends upon chance and environments.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“LIFE IS LIVE ITS OWN..OTHERS HELP IS NEEDED IN FUNERALS ONLY”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“What more consolation can there be! A God-believing Hindu may expect to be reborn a king; a Muslim or a Christian might dream of the luxuries he hopes to enjoy in paradise as a reward for his sufferings and sacrifices. What hope should I entertain? I know that will be the end when the rope is tightened round my neck and the rafters move from under my feet. To use more precise religious terminology, that will be the moment of utter annihilation. My soul will come to nothing. If I take the courage to take the matter in the light of ‘Reward’, I see that a short life of struggle with no such magnificent end shall itself be my ‘Reward.’ That is all.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“So that when man can be in great distress having been betrayed and deserted by all friends he may find consolation in the idea that an ever true friend was still there to help him, to support him and that He was Almighty and could do anything. The idea of God is helpful to man in distress.
Society has to fight out this belief as well as was fought the idol worship and the narrow conception of religion. Similarly, when man tries to stand on his own legs, and become a realist he shall have to throw the faith aside, and to face manfully all the distress, trouble, in which the circumstances may throw him.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. If after considerable reasoning one is led to believe in any theory or philosophy, his faith is welcomed. His reasoning can be mistaken, wrong, misled and sometimes fallacious. But he is liable to correction because reason is the guiding star of his life. But mere faith and blind faith is dangerous: it dulls the brain, and makes a man reactionary.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Philosophy is the outcome of human weakness or limitation of knowledge".”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Rebellion against king is always a sin according to every religion.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“I deny the very existence of that Almighty Supreme Being.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“As regards the origin of God, my own idea is that having realized the limitations of man, his weaknesses and shortcoming having been taken into consideration, God was brought into imaginary existence to encourage man to face boldly all the trying circumstances, to meet all dangers manfully and to check and restrain his outbursts in prosperity and affluence. God both with his private laws and parental generosity was imagined and painted in greater details. He was to serve as a deterrent factor when his fury and private laws were discussed so that man may not become a danger to society. He was to serve as a father, mother, sister and brother, friend and helpers when his parental qualifications were to be explained. So that when man be in great distress having been betrayed and deserted by all friends he may find consolation in the idea that an ever true friend was still there to help him, to support him and that He was almighty and could do anything. Really that was useful to the society in the primitive age. The idea of God is helpful to man in distress.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Criticism and independent thinking are the two indispensable qualities of a revolutionary”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“The day shall usher in a new era of liberty when a large number of men and women, taking courage from the idea of serving humanity and liberating them from sufferings and distress, decide that there is no alternative before them except devoting their lives for this cause. They will wage a war against their oppressors, tyrants or exploiters, not to become kings, or to gain any reward here or in the next birth or after death in paradise; but to cast off the yoke of slavery, to establish liberty and peace they will tread this perilous, but glorious path.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“The romance of militancy dominated our predecessors; now serious ideas ousted this way of thinking. No more mysticism! No more blind faith! Now realism was our mode of thinking. At times of terrible necessity, we can resort to extreme methods, but violence produces opposite results in mass movements.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“Belief' softens the hardships, even can make them pleasant. In God man can find very strong consolation and support. Without Him, the man has to depend upon himself. To stand upon one's own legs amid storms and hurricanes is not a child's play. At such testing moments, vanity, if any, evaporates, and man cannot dare to defy the general beliefs, if he does, then we must conclude that he has got certain other strength than mere vanity.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“The day we find a great number of men and women with this psychology who cannot devote themselves to anything else than the service of mankind and emancipation of the suffering humanity; that day shall inaugurate the era of liberty.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Religion is the outcome of human weakness or the limitation of human knowledge.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“One friend asked me to pray. When informed of my atheism, he said, "During your last days you will begin to believe". I said, No, dear Sir, it shall not be. I will think that to be an act of degradation and demoralization on my part. For selfish motives I am not going to pray. Readers and friends, "Is this vanity"? If it is, I stand for it.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Do you ask me how I explain the origin of this world and origin of man? Alright I tell you. Charles Darwin has tried to throw some light on the subject. Study him.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Yes: It was perhaps Upton Sinclair that wrote at some place that just make a man a believer in immortality and then rob him of all his riches, and possessions.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Self-reliance is always liable to be interpreted as vanity. It is sad and miserable but there is no help.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Instead of using the experiments and expressions of the ancient Savants and thinkers as a basis for our future struggle against ignorance and to try to find out a solution to this mysterious problem, we – lethargical as we have proved to be – raise the hue and cry of faith, unflinching and unwavering faith to their versions and thus are guilty of stagnation in human progress.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“But man's duty is to try and endeavor, success depends upon chance and environments.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God or he may begin to believe himself to be God.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist

“Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item, he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. If, after considerable reasoning, one is led to believe in any theory or philosophy, his faith is welcomed. His reasoning can be mistaken, wrong, misled and sometimes fallacious. But he is liable to correction because reason is the guiding star of his life. But mere faith and blind faith is dangerous: it dulls the brain, and makes a man reactionary.”
― Bhagat Singh, Bhagat Singh: Why I Am An Atheist? & Other Letter: The Complete Writings of Indian Socialist Revolutionary Bhagat Singh

“अपटान सिंक्लेयर ने लिखा था कि मनुष्य को बस अमरत्व में विश्वास दिला दो और उसके बाद उसकी सारी सम्पत्ति लूट लो। वह बगैर बड़बड़ाये इस कार्य में तुम्हारी सहायता करेगा। धर्म के उपदेशकों तथा सत्ता के स्वामियों के गठबन्धन से ही जेल, फाँसी, कोड़े और ये सिद्धान्त उपजते हैं।”
― Bhagat Singh, मैं नास्तिक क्यों हूँ?

“आपका विश्वास है कि एक सर्वशक्तिमान, सर्वव्यापक और सर्वज्ञानी ईश्वर है, जिसने विश्व की रचना की, तो कृपा करके मुझे यह बतायें कि उसने यह रचना क्यों की? कष्टों और संतापों से पूर्ण दुनिया – असंख्य दुखों के शाश्वत अनन्त गठबन्धनों से ग्रसित! एक भी व्यक्ति तो पूरी तरह संतृष्ट नही है। कृपया यह न कहें कि यही उसका नियम है। यदि वह किसी नियम से बँधा है तो वह सर्वशक्तिमान नहीं है। वह भी हमारी ही तरह नियमों का दास है। कृपा करके यह भी न कहें कि यह उसका मनोरंजन है।”
― Bhagat Singh, मैं नास्तिक क्यों हूँ?

“I know in the present circumstances my faith in God would have made my life easier, my burden lighter, and my disbelief in Him has turned all the circumstances too dry, and the situation may assume too harsh a shape. A little bit of mysticism can make it poetical. But I do not want the help of any intoxication to meet my fate. I am a realist. I have been trying to overpower the instinct in me by the help of reason. I have not always been successful in achieving this end. But man's duty is to try and endeavour, success depends upon chance and environments.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

“ஆராய்ச்சித் திறனும் சுயேச்சையாக யோசிக்கும் மனப்பான்மையும் புரட்சிக்காரனின் இன்றியமையாத மிகமிக அவசியமான இரு பெருங்குணங்கள்.”
― Bhagat Singh, நான் நாத்திகன் ஏன்?

“Ham rukhe tukade khayenge, Bharat par ware jayenge, Hum sukhe chane chabayenge, Bharat ki baat banyenge, Ham nange umar bitayenge, Bharat par jaan mitayenge.”
― Bhagat Singh, Bhagat Singh: Why I Am An Atheist? & Other Letter: The Complete Writings of Indian Socialist Revolutionary Bhagat Singh

“riches and superiority by the help of these theories. Yes: It was perhaps Upton Sinclair that wrote at some place that just make a man a believer in immortality and then rob him of all his riches, and possessions. He shall help you even in that ungrudgingly.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist