‘And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought’ – William Shakespeare
← The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity – Amelia EarhartDo not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured 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. – As quoted in the Kalama Sutra, as translated in The American Buddhist Directory (1985) by Kevin O’Neill, p. 7 →