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 wi… - Anton LaVey

villain must be stigmatized so that his opponents can be considered heroic.

"How understandable that Holy Scripture should refer to the Infernal monarch as the "father of lies"- a magnificent example of character inversion."

"No creed must be accepted upon authority of a "divine" nature. Religions must be put to the question. no moral dogma must be taken for granted- no standard of measurement deified. 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!"