149 Quotes by Anton Szandor LaVey

The only thing Christianity ever contributed to Satanism was the name.

Up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, madness is sanity...

The chief duty of every new age is to upraise new men to determine its liberties, to lead it towards material success- to rend the rusty padlocks and chains of dead custom that always prevent healthy expansion. Theories and ideas that may have meant life and hope and freedom for our ancestors may now mean destruction, slavery, and dishonor to us!

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.

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

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!

It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.

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.

There is a beast in man that should be exercised, not exorcised.