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Anton LaVey Quotes

1930–1997 United States

Anton Szandor LaVey (11 April 1930 – 29 October 1997) was a Satanist author, occultist and the founder of Church of Satan.

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Also known as: Anton Szandor LaVey, Anton lavey, LaVey, The Satanic Bible

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I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world; to interrogate the "laws" of man and of "God"!

The Satanic Bible (1969)

Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!

The Satanic Bible (1969)

I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.
I raise up in stern invasion the standard of the strong!

The Satanic Bible (1969)

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!

The Satanic Bible (1969)

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.

The Devil's Notebook (1992)

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

The Satanic Bible (1969)

Never enter a business deal with anyone who has less than yourself.

The Devil's Notebook (1992)

To be a Satanist is, by association, already to be aligned with the universal devil Jew.

Satan Speaks! (1998)

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

The Nine Satanic Sins (1987)

When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.

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.

The Satanic Bible (1969)

The Jews have always had the Devil's name. They just haven't owned up to or taken pride in it, but rather have attempted to defend themselves against it.

Satan Speaks! (1998)

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.

The Devil's Notebook (1992)

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.

The Satanic Bible (1969)

Indications are everywhere that we, as Satanists, have an affinity for certain elements of both Judaism (unrealized and unspoken) and Nazism (recognized and spoken)--presumably incompatible.

Satan Speaks! (1998)

Definition of Good and Evil: Good is what you like. Evil is what you don't like.

The Devil's Notebook (1992)

It will become easier and more convincing for any Satanist to combine Jewish lineage with a Nazi aesthetic, and with pride rather than with guilt and forgiving.

Satan Speaks! (1998)

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.

The Satanic Bible (1969)

If being a Satanist means being rooted in Judeo/Nazism, kids who are on the outside looking in will find it attractive to the extent that they will forge a pedigree, if necessary.

Satan Speaks! (1998)

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.

The Satanic Bible (1969)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anton LaVey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.