I WILL ACT UPON WHAT I KNOW—NOT UPON WHAT 'THEY SAY'

I must never rely on what "they say" because "they" talk without absolute certainty of factual knowledge. "They" accept as their substitute for proof my acceptance of their authority. This in fact is what gives them their confidence to exert authority over me. So I will build my knowledge upon proof and always build my knowledge with an uncommitted objectivity since additional information may alter and increase my understanding. But I will never accept what "they say" without my own comprehension and judgment to the fullest limits of my present knowledge.