“Understanding is different from belief. Belief can be cultivated without any rationality, but understanding must proceed from logic and reasoning, and the power of discrimination between good and evil.” (Spirituality; Knowledge)

“Mindfulness is absolutely necessary for everything, even in the case of unholy actions: if there’s mindfulness, that unholy action can be much reduced or much lighter in its effects.” (Spirituality; mindfulness)

“Understanding is different from belief. Belief can be cultivated without any rationality, but understanding must proceed from logic and reasoning, and the power of discrimination between good and evil.” (Spirituality; Knowledge)

“Through reasonings and mental intelligence one should be able to think what is appropriate or inappropriate for self or society, good or bad—in the Dharma way of speaking it is called ‘the wisdom differentiating well the phenomena’. Knowing how to differentiate them is called independent thinking, thoughts with freedom.”