To be loved, feelings must be rationed. To love, the doors of hysteria, fantasy, and madness may be flung open. Anton Szandor LaVey More Quotes by Anton Szandor LaVey More Quotes From 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 satanic suffering hurt 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 powerful earth men The only thing Christianity ever contributed to Satanism was the name Anton Szandor LaVey satanism christianity names Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another. Anton Szandor LaVey deviance people interesting If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy. Anton Szandor LaVey annoying guests mercy 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 powerful hair men 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 real baseball sports 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 east voice strong 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 ego spiritual men When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite. Anton Szandor LaVey mainstream-society ghetto islands 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 pride animal men The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his pleasure through-pain hurts him just as much as actual physical pain hurts the non masochist. The story of the truly cruel sadist illustrates this point: The masochist says to the sadist, "beat me." To which the merciless sadist replies, "NO!" 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 exception-to-the-rule pain hurt 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 answers giving people I thought, acted, and thereupon found myself removed. Anton Szandor LaVey found Anyone without a sense of humor is too pretentious to be a good magician. Anton Szandor LaVey magician sense-of-humor pretentious 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 indulge-in frustration desire 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 darkness philosophy fiction On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out no matter how much it is purged or scoured by any white-light religion. Anton Szandor LaVey girl christian morning Magic is never totally scientifically explainable, but science has always been, at one time or another, considered magic. Anton Szandor LaVey one-time magic 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 self play fun
