Buddha

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