Here are some wise or incendiary comments from the "The Devil's Notebook" that you can apply in your pursuit toward (or your analysis of) the Don Juan or pick-up lifestyle. (All credit to Anton Szandor LaVey)
"Never enter a business deal with anyone who has less than yourself"
"Distrust 'experts' unless it is obvious that their expertise is paying off."
"Be wary of advice from anyone who is less successful than yourself."
"Don't help someone who has proven himself a consistent failure in the past."
"Too much freedom is dangerous to those who cannot cope with the responsibilities that accompany independence."
"The true test of anyone's worth as a living creature is how much he can utilize what he has."
"There are many who would take my time. I shun them.
There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them.
There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them."
"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." History has proven that qualification is based on acceptance. The end justifies the means."
"Self-improvement books: those who need them won't read them or heed them."
"After an inferior man has been taught a doctrine of superiority he will remain as inferior as he was before his lesson. He will merely assume himself to be superior, and attempt to employ his recently-learned tactics against his own kind, whom he will then consider his inferiors. With each inferior man enjoying what he considers his unique role, the entire bunch will be reduced to a pack of strutting, foppish, self-centered monkeys gamboling about on an island of ignorance. There they will play their games under the supervision of their keeper, who was and will always be a superior man."
Many see LaVey as having a negative viewpoint towards the human experience (and I can only agree), but he does raise some issues that merit discussion.
What do you guys make of these statements?
"Never enter a business deal with anyone who has less than yourself"
"Distrust 'experts' unless it is obvious that their expertise is paying off."
"Be wary of advice from anyone who is less successful than yourself."
"Don't help someone who has proven himself a consistent failure in the past."
"Too much freedom is dangerous to those who cannot cope with the responsibilities that accompany independence."
"The true test of anyone's worth as a living creature is how much he can utilize what he has."
"There are many who would take my time. I shun them.
There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them.
There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them."
"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." History has proven that qualification is based on acceptance. The end justifies the means."
"Self-improvement books: those who need them won't read them or heed them."
"After an inferior man has been taught a doctrine of superiority he will remain as inferior as he was before his lesson. He will merely assume himself to be superior, and attempt to employ his recently-learned tactics against his own kind, whom he will then consider his inferiors. With each inferior man enjoying what he considers his unique role, the entire bunch will be reduced to a pack of strutting, foppish, self-centered monkeys gamboling about on an island of ignorance. There they will play their games under the supervision of their keeper, who was and will always be a superior man."
Many see LaVey as having a negative viewpoint towards the human experience (and I can only agree), but he does raise some issues that merit discussion.
What do you guys make of these statements?
