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