"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 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