One can be an atheist only until their death. After it, everyone will become believers. However, the choice of what will be after death must be made now and as soon as possible. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
To be an atheist you have to have ten thousand times more imagination than if you are a religious fundamentalist. You must take the responsibility to acquire information, digest and use it to understand what you can. Peter Greenaway
You don't have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don't know." Penn Jillette
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. Joseph Addison
To believe blindly is to degenerate the human soul. Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly. Swami Vivekananda
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were. Jean de La Bruyère