Ananda Metteyya

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

I’m essentially agnostic. I don’t have a problem with God. I have a problem with religion. I’ve chosen to live my life without the certainties of religious faith. I think they’re dangerous. Music is something that gives my life value and spiritual solace.

What you possess, you lose.

When one person suffers from a delusion It is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion It is called Religion.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.

[on enlightenment] Body and mind dropped off.

I would like to believe there is a God, but I think it is better to say I’m not sure there is a God and live your life with kindness and respect for people than to say I know there is a God and then do bad things,

Music brought me closer to the idea of God.

It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays.

To study Buddhism is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by all things.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

If something is easy for you, work on it a little. If it’s hard for you, work on it a lot.

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.