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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.

-Siddhârtha Gautama, the Buddha