Do not believe

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.

Guatama Buddha