Conventional wisdom Quote by Walter Isaacson

“You have to remain critically vigilant.Question every premise, challenge conventional wisdom, and never accept the truth of something merely because everyone else views it…

— Friedrich Haller

“Remain vigilant and try diligently not to succumb to the soul-sucking, mind-numbing, ill-mannered attitudes that seem so prevalent in the world today.”

— Susan C. Young

Vigilance is crucial to the will of common good

— Martin Vasquez

“We need a few trusted naysayers in our lives, critics who are willing to puncture our protective bubble of self-justifications and yank us back…

— Carol Tavris

“A fool will always rely on what someone else says, however an intelligent person would use critical thinking to justify the rationality of statements…

— Saaif Alam

We continue to be vigilant.

— Marek Belka

Eternal vigilance, as they say, is the price of freedom. Add intellectual integrity to the cost basis.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it…

— William Kingdon Clifford

“Listen to everything that is said, and see everything that is done. Observe the looks and countenances of those who speak, which is often…

— Earl Of Chesterfield

“Expand the authority, validity and integrity of your argument or view. Consider making a true defense for your belief from a foundation of sound,…

— Loren Weisman

“how easily people can zealously pursue and defend a point of view, often ignoring inconvenient facts that interfere with their desired belief structure. I”

— Jay Allan

“The essence of true safety is to observe silence, to look at the end of things and to renounce the world.”

— Bahá'u'lláh