108+ Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes On Religion, Education And And Marriage

Anton Szandor LaVey was an American author, occultist, and musician. He was the founder of the Church of Satan and the religion of LaVeyan Satanism. He authored several books, including The Satanic Bible, which serves as the central religious text of LaVeyan Satanism. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Anton Szandor LaVey on love, life, religion.

Top 10 Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes

1. Don't waste your time with people who will ultimately destroy you, but concentrate instead on those who will appreciate your responsibility to them, and, likewise, feel responsible to you.
2. If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.
3. Behold the crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree.
4. Life is the great indulgence - death the great abstinence. Therefore, make the most of life here and now!
5. There are many who would take my time. I shun them. There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them.
6. To be loved, feelings must be rationed. To love, the doors of hysteria, fantasy, and madness may be flung open.
7. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
8. 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.
9. Satanism represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!
10. 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.

Anton Szandor LaVey Short Quotes

• Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another.
• No hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no stifling dogma shall encramp my pen!
• Stupidity-The top of the list for Satanic Sins.
• I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments.
• Those who spell Magic with a K aren't.
• In order to perform the supernatural, you must first be able to accomplish the supernormal.
• Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!
• The true test of anyone's worth as a living creature is how much he can utilize what he has.
• There is no heaven, there is no hell, except here on Earth.
• Satanism demands study, not worship!

Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes About Love

Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy? — Anton Szandor LaVey

You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I never met a person who loved everybody I didn't dislike. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Every religion in the world that has destroyed people is based on love — Anton Szandor LaVey

Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes About Religion

Many of you already read my writings indicating that TV is the new god. There is a little thing I neglected to mention up until now, television is the major mainstream infiltration for the new satanic religion. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Satanism is not a white light religion; it is a religion of the flesh, the mundane, the carnal - all of which are ruled by Satan, the personification of the Left Hand Path. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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". — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Anton Szandor LaVey Quotes About Satanic

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! — Anton Szandor LaVey

I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years! — Anton Szandor LaVey

Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep! — Anton Szandor LaVey

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! — Anton Szandor LaVey

The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each of these "sins" as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification. — Anton Szandor LaVey

It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Anton Szandor LaVey Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Good news is only really good to those directly involved. Most people lead such futile and useless lives that only bad news makes them feel better. If not better, certainly gooder. If one cannot gain recognition for anything else, he can rest well with the assurance that he is "good", which in most case equates with "right". — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

The TV set, or Satanic family altar, has grown more elaborate since the early 50s, from the tiny, fuzzy screen to huge ‘entertainment centers’ covering entire walls with several TV monitors. What started as an innocent respite from everyday life has become in itself a replacement for real life for millions, a major religion of the masses. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with no frustrations which can be harmful to yourself and others around you. Therefore, the most simplified description of the Satanic belief is: indulgence instead of abstinence. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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'." — Anton Szandor LaVey

When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite. — Anton Szandor LaVey

All we want, those few of us who have the strength to realize what's going on, is the freedom to create and entertain and share with each other, to preserve and cherish what we can while we can, and to build our own little citadels away from the insensitivity of the rest of the world. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit! Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! — Anton Szandor LaVey

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! — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

But the average person doesnt have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They dont want to participate beyond a certain point. They want the safety of the herd, to be catered to, sit back and enjoy. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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! — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out... — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I feel that what is probably the greatest enemy of longevity is popularity, and most people die of popularity. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Pride is great up to the point you begin to throw out the baby with the bathwater. The rule of Satanism is: if it works for you, great. When it stops working for you, when you've painted yourself into a corner and the only way out is to say, I'm sorry, I made a mistake, I wish we could compromise somehow, then do it. — Anton Szandor LaVey

The Satanist realizes that man, and the action and reaction of the universe, is responsible for everything, and doesn't mislead himself into thinking that someone cares. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I find greater companionship in inert figures, animals and Speechless artifacts, for I can enjoy their presence and there is no psychic drain. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith "thou shalt" to me is my mortal foe! — Anton Szandor LaVey

To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of doubt, the doorway through which truth passes would be tightly shut, impervious to the most strenuous poundings of a thousand Lucifers. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

A Satanist practices the motto, "If a man smite thee on one cheek, smash him on the other!" Let no wrong go unredressed. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I'm glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I've always been timid. I wait for the mating signal, yet I want to show my interest, but I'm too goddamn bashful to go for it! I have no sympathy for wolves. Why can't a man wait and see if there is any interest in them? Every woman wants to be pursued, it's a courting dance, a mating game and it should be that way, played out. The world is full of creeps. — Anton Szandor LaVey

If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy. — Anton Szandor LaVey

It's a shame stupidity isn't painful. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Self-deceit—It’s in the “Nine Satanic Statements” but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any of the sacred cows presented to us, including the roles we are expected to play ourselves. The only time self-deceit should be entered into is when it’s fun, and with awareness. But then, it’s not self-deceit! — Anton Szandor LaVey

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. — Anton Szandor LaVey

There is a beast in man that should be exercised, not exorcised. — Anton Szandor LaVey

The real satanist is not quite so easily recognized as such — Anton Szandor LaVey

You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy! — Anton Szandor LaVey

There are many who would take my time. I shun them. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Anyone without a sense of humor is too pretentious to be a good magician. — Anton Szandor LaVey

The only thing Christianity ever contributed to Satanism was the name — Anton Szandor LaVey

What good are friends if they cant do you any good? — Anton Szandor LaVey

I thought, acted, and thereupon found myself removed. — Anton Szandor LaVey

When one sleeps on the floor, one need not fear falling out of bed. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I give people Ayn Rand with trappings. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, madness is sanity. — Anton Szandor LaVey

If real Satanism were allowed the kind of television time that Christianity has now, the kind of drawing out and patience that interviewers give sports figures, or the kind of coverage that a baseball game gets, Christianity would be completely eliminated in a few short months. If people were allowed to see the complete, unbiased truth, even for 60 minutes, it would be too dangerous. There would be no comparison. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Martin Luther dreamed up Protestantism while sitting on the toilet at Wittenburg monastery, and we know what a big movement that became. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Definition of Good and Evil: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don't like. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Say unto thine own heart, 'I am mine own redeemer. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Satanism represents a form of controlled selfishness. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Magic is never totally scientifically explainable, but science has always been, at one time or another, considered magic. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I visualize the day that tridents and pentagrams are thrust into the sky from church roofs instead of crosses. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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? — Anton Szandor LaVey

Be as a lion in the path. Be dangerous even in defeat. — Anton Szandor LaVey

When a Satanist commits a wrong, he realizes that is it natural to make a mistake―and if he is truly sorry about what he has done, he will learn from it and take care not to do the same thing again. If he is not honestly sorry about what he has done, and knows he will do the same thing over and over, he has no business confessing and asking forgiveness in the first place. — Anton Szandor LaVey

The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails. — Anton Szandor LaVey

I consider that a most ignoble endeavor. The only way I would like to 'help' the great majority of people is the same way Carl Panzram 'reformed' people who tried to reform him. It would be most merciful to help them by relieving them of the life they seem to hate so much. People should be happy I'm not a humanitarian-or I'd probably be the most diabolical mass murderer the world has ever known. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Stupidity—The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but our society thrives increasingly on stupidity. It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable. Satanists must learn to see through the tricks and cannot afford to be stupid. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Life Lessons by Anton Szandor LaVey

1. Anton Szandor LaVey's work emphasizes the importance of individualism and self-determination, emphasizing the power of the individual to create their own destiny.
2. He also emphasizes the importance of understanding the power of ritual and symbolism, and how they can be used to create positive change in one's life.
3. Finally, LaVey's work stresses the importance of understanding the dark and mysterious aspects of life, and how they can be used to create a more balanced and fulfilling life.