Do not believe in anything simply because you have
heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is
spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is
found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority
of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been
handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find
that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the
good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and
live up to it.
- Buddha
