By quietude alone one does not become a sage (muni) if he is foolish and ignorant.
But he who, as if holding a pair of scales, takes the good and shuns the evil, is a wise man; he is indeed a muni by that very reason.
He who understands both good and evil as they really are, is called a true sage.
:: Dhammapada, Wisdom of Buddha
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