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Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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Do not get a name either as lavish or as churlish; as a friend of rogues or as a slanderer of good men.

Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844–1900)

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Demons are wary of talking and must be forced to speak. When demons are voluntarily chatty it's a trick to distract the exorcist. We must never ask useless questions out of curiosity. We but must interrogate with care. We always begin by asking for the demon's name.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . .

Napoleon Hill, American author (1883-1970)

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I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.

Neil Gaiman, English writer (born 1960)

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Not to speak evil of the dead.

Don’t talk like a damned mystic. Say something I can understand.

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.

Do not mistake charm for virtue.

Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance

Confucius, 5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician

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Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

Don't call anyone a devil, because within you, you can experience hell and the devil, and the devil is nothing, but you!

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