Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.

Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.

Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.

Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.