Top 100 Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes
#1. I knew then that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out!
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#2. Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to insure guilt on the part of its followers.
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#3. It's a cinch that if you read it in an occult periodical or paperback, everyone's doing it. That should be your cue to avoid such stuff, lest you be relegated to the same readership level.
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#6. How could you set yourself up as the most powerful institution on earth? You first find out what every man feels at least once a day, establish that as a sin, and set yourself up as the only institution capable of pardoning that sin.
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#7. Intrinsically evil people are often hypocrites who make a show of their Goodguy Badge; without an enemy to plague them they could never in any believable sense become Good. This
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#8. The ecclesiastical description of Hell is that of a horrible place of fire and torment; in Dante's Inferno, and in northern climes, it was thought to be an icy cold region, a giant refrigerator.
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#9. I visualize a day when tridents and pentagrams are thrust into the sky from church roofs instead of crosses. I have a legacy to fulfill, and it will be fulfilled.
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#10. Magic is never totally scientifically explainable, but science has always been, at one time or another, considered magic.
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#11. The first time I read the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, my instinctive reaction was, so what's wrong with THAT? Isn't that the way any master plan should work? Doesn't the public deserve - nay, demand - such despotism?
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#12. To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time.
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#14. The true test of anyone's worth as a living creature is how much he can utilize what he has.
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#16. I like raunchiness, not like in a biker-chick sort of a way, but like the girl can't help it. Little bruises, a few hairs out of place, a little stain here and there.
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#17. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
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#18. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all!
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#19. I dip my forefinger in the watery blood of your impotent mad redeemer, and write over his thorn-torn brow: The true prince of evil- the king of the slaves!
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#20. NEVER FORGET THAT YOU ARE A WOMAN, AND THE GREATEST POWERS YOU CAN EMPLOY AS A WITCH ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON YOUR OWN SELF-REALIZATION THAT IN BEING A WOMAN YOU ARE DIFFERENT FROM A MAN AND THAT VERY DIFFERENCE MUST BE EXPLOITED!
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#21. To be loved, feelings must be rationed. To love, the doors of hysteria, fantasy, and madness may be flung open.
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#22. Heaven must be populated with some rather strange creatures if all they lived for was to go to a place where they can strum harps for eternity.
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#23. The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails.
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#24. I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have this uncanny perfection. I'd like to get inside their reptilian heads.
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#25. In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!
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#26. Those that would say Satanist would like to kill animal's, sacrifice animals I would say they would make ideal animal sacrifices, I love animals and animals have always been part of me.
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#27. Hair on a man's chest is thought to denote strength. The gorilla is the most powerful of bipeds and has hair on every place on his body except for his chest.
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#28. There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands, and what man has made, man can destroy!
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#29. No hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no stifling dogma shall encramp my pen!
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#30. The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring about mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of doubt, the doorway through which truth passes would be tightly shut, impervious to the strenuous poundings of a thousand Lucifer's.
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#31. Unfortunately for a multitude of occultists, humor is a rare ingredient in their lives. In fact it is their very lack of humor that has impelled them into the arcane and esoteric.
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#32. In order to perform the supernatural, you must first be able to accomplish the supernormal.
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#33. SECRETS ARE POWER. WHEN YOU DIVULGE A SECRET, YOU BARTER THE POTENTIAL power of your hidden knowledge for the fleeting ego boost that comes with its revelation.
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#34. Thrice cursed are the weak whose insecurity makes them vile, for they shall serve and suffer.
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#35. There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast. Here and now is our day of torment! Here and now is our day of joy! Here and now is our opportunity! Choose ye this day, this hour, for no redeemer liveth!
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#36. Yeah, well, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid, hopefully. And I think we're all a bit crazy if we do anything that's deviant. I've studied a great deal on deviance and aberrant behavior. Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another.
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#37. I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments.
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#38. Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!
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#39. Up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, madness is sanity ...
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#40. Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!
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#42. Behold the crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree.
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#43. Mysterious beings we seek from birth; what does that mean to me? Something we seek, and as we age it becomes more elusive, yet our spirit remains willing, but our flesh grows weak.
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#44. Life is the great indulgence - death the great abstinence. Therefore, make the most of life here and now!
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#46. Since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and all sinners go to hell. If everyone goes to hell, then you will meet all your friends there.
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#48. Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep!
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#49. He feels a little better while watching the guy on TV or thinking of him. Still, he feels insignificant. He has a few heroes whom he sees on other TV shows: sports figures, a tough cop or a late-night talk show host. He lives vicariously through all of them. Unbeknownst
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#51. When other people ask me, 'What gives you the right to suggest standards for others?', my answer is, 'If I don't, someone else, perhaps less qualified, will.
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#52. I find greater companionship in inert figures, animals & speechless artifacts, for I can enjoy their presence & there is no psychic drain
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#53. The reason a person viciously strikes out against you is because they are afraid of you or what you represent, or are resentful of your happiness.
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#54. N OTHING is done in the interest of welfare for the common good where there is money to be made.
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#55. Satanism represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!
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#56. Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith thou shalt to me is my mortal foe!
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#57. It is certainly true that 'actions speak louder than words,' but words become as monuments to thoughts.
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#59. One of the keys to success is an unflinching belief that there are no rules. Anyone who's ever succeeded has gone on that premise; not buying established procedures, business or otherwise. The naysayers are inevitably left behind amid shouts of 'it cannot be done' and "should not be done'."
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#60. ALL religions of a spiritual nature are inventions of man. He has created an entire system of gods with nothing more than his carnal brain. Just because he has an ego, and cannot accept it, he has to externalize it into some great spiritual device which he calls God.
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#61. It is a terrifying thing when the animals laugh at the hunter. Take a tip from Harlequin and the Joker. If you imitate a fool well, you are not likely to be fooled by others. To be it bluntly, albeit unorginally: A fool who knows he is a fool is indeed a wise man.
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#62. I dont crave companionship. It stands in my way. I live for pleasure. There are few persons who can give me as much pleasure as those acts I perform myself. I would rather create pleasure according to my own whim than be subjected to the whims of others.
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#63. depressing. I asked myself: 'Where is God?' I came to detest the sanctimonious attitude of people toward violence, always saying 'it's God's will'.
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#65. So long as a man knows the meaning of fear, he will need the ways and means to defend himself against that fear.
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#66. A Satanist practices the motto, If a man smite thee on one cheek, smash him on the other! Let no wrong go unredressed.
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#67. Definition of Good and Evil: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don't like.
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#68. Blessed are they who believe in what is best for them, for never shall their minds be terrorized.
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#69. We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime against nature to be submissive.
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#71. The devils of past religions have always, at least in part, had animal characteristics, evidence of man's constant need to deny that he too is an animal, for to do so would serve a mighty blow to his impoverished ego.
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#72. Religions are easy to invent. Most traditional religions have little or nothing to do with reality, are dependent on obfuscation, interpretation, guilt, and unreasoning faith ...
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#73. A major determining factor by which a superior human can be isolated from his average counterparts is his very isolation - the degree to which he naturally removes himself from mass-media input and stimuli. You cannot be an elitist, a Magician, and be plugged into the system.
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#75. Every religion in the world that has destroyed people is based on love
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#76. I feel that what is probably the greatest enemy of longevity is popularity, and most people die of popularity.
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#77. There are many who would like my time. I shun them. There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them. There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them.
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#78. Martin Luther dreamed up Protestantism while sitting on the toilet at Wittenburg monastery, and we know what a big movement that became.
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#79. I visualize the day that tridents and pentagrams are thrust into the sky from church roofs instead of crosses.
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#81. Whatever alleged 'truth' is proven by results to be but an empty fiction, let it be unceremoniously flung into the outer darkness, among the dead gods, dead empires, dead philosophies, and other useless lumber and wreckage!
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#82. My parents were lenient. My mother believed God was another word for nature. I took up Satanism not out of desperation, but out of logic. I rebelled, not but because of a religious or repressive childhood. I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.
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#84. Satanism is developing two circles, an elitist group which I always intended my church to be, and the faddists who are becoming Satanists because it's the thing to do.
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#85. It has been said, 'the truth will make men free.' The truth alone has never made anyone free. It is only doubt which will bring mental emancipation.
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#86. A friend of mine who was a founding father of the Church of Satan, who later I compared notes with, said when he was a kid, he too managed to get into Sallys Nude Ranch, and in the corral he saw his Sunday school teacher!!! That was a real epiphany for him. From that moment on he was a Satanist.
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#88. The sexually over-aggressive man can be collected easily by the naturally dominant woman, who can accumulate an entire slave camp simply by allowing herself to appear on the scene wearing the accoutrements of the "push-over" as bait.
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#89. When one sleeps on the floor one need not worry about falling out of bed.
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#90. I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.
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#91. If a witch comes up to me some day, enlarges her pupils, and says: "With a hey nonnie nonnie and a hotcha cha," she'll be sure to get my attention!
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#92. There is not always 'two sides to every issue.' That statement is a ridiculous slogan invoked by vested interests and perpetuated by minds of limited scope.
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#94. Do what you want as long as its paying off for you. But once its become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is.
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#96. The ideal woman to me would be the gun-toting moll. Someone who is true blue and ready to face the world. Open to ideas and suggestion, not stubborn and closed minded.
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#97. I'm glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year.
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#98. Don't let that little pyramid with the bright eye fool you. That's to draw your attention away from the real thing: the big trapezoid beneath it.
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#99. Virtue is its own punishment - "nice girls" lose - and one of the surest signs of potential proficiency in witchcraft is an inability to get along with other women.
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#100. I don't drink much anymore, because it's supposedly not good for me. I still have gallons of it around though. I smell the cork and do a lot of wishing.
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