I LIKE THESE WISE WISDOM FROM THE BUDDHA:
1. Do Not Accept Anything ON MERE HEARSAY (ie, thingking that thus have we heard it for a long time).
2. Do Not Accept Anything BY MERE TRADITION (ie, thingking that it has been handed down thus through many generations).
3. Do Not Accept Anything ON ACCOUNT of RUMOURS (ie, by believing what others say without any investigation).
4. Do Not Accept Anything JUST BECAUSE IT ACCORDS WITH YOUR SCRIPTURES.
5. Do Not Accept Anything BY MERE SUPPOSITION.
6. Do Not Accept Anything BY MERE INFERENCE.
7. Do Not Accept Anything BY MERELY CONSIDERING THE APPEARANCES.
8. Do Not Accept Anything MERELY BECAUSE IT AGREES WITH YOUR PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS.
9. Do Not Accept Anything MERELY BECAUSE IT SEEMS ACCEPTABLE (ie, should be accepted). and
10. Do Not Accept Anything THINKING THAT THE ASCETIC IS RESPECTED BY US (and that therefore it is right to accept his word).

When you your self know:
THESE THINGS ARE GOOD;
THESE THINGS ARE NOT BLAMABLE;
THESE THINGS ARE PRAISED BY THE WISE; UNDERTAKEN AND OBSERVED, THESE THINGS LEAD TO BENEFIT AND HAPPINESS, ENTER ON AND ABIDE IN THEM.