Why I am an Atheist and Other Works Quotes

“I was a true atheist then and I am an atheist now. It was not an easy task to face that ordeal. Beliefs make it easier to go through hardships, even make them pleasant. Man can find a strong support in God and an encouraging consolation in His Name. If you have no belief in Him, then
there is no alternative but to depend upon yourself. It is not child’s play to stand firm on your feet amid storms and strong winds. In difficult times, vanity, if it remains, evaporates and man cannot find the courage to defy beliefs held in common esteem by the people. If he really revolts against such beliefs, we must conclude that it is not sheer vanity; he has some kind of extraordinary strength. This is exactly the situation now.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works

“They can kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit. — Bhagat Singh”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works

“all the capitalist governments are not only not going to help any such effort, but on the contrary, suppress it mercilessly. Then, what will his ‘evolution’ achieve?”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works

“...life is really humiliating, why don't you try to improve it by agitating? Perhaps, you will say that this struggle would be futile, but this is precisely the argument which is usually used a cover by weak people to avoid participation in every movement.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works

“Study’ was the cry that reverberated in the corridors of my mind. Study to enable yourself to face the arguments advanced by opposition. Study to arm yourself with arguments in favor of your cult. I began to study.” – Bhagat Singh”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works

“Do you really know the most cursed sin in this world is to be poor? Yes, poverty is a sin; it is a punishment!”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works

“I was a true atheist then and I am an atheist now. It was not an easy task to face that ordeal. Beliefs make it easier to go through hardships, even make them pleasant. Man can find a strong support in God and an encouraging consolation in His Name. If you have no belief in Him, then there is no alternative but to depend upon yourself. It is not child’s play to stand firm on your feet amid storms and strong winds. In difficult times, vanity, if it remains, evaporates and man cannot find the courage to defy beliefs held in common esteem by the people. If he really revolts against such beliefs, we must conclude that it is not sheer vanity; he has some kind of extraordinary strength. This is exactly the situation now.”
― Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works