Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience.

Do not do unto others as you would expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

"NEVER accept "conventional wisdom" when it comes to finance. If others keep failing, why do you want to follow them?"

Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.

The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs and doings of his fellow-men.

Never do what they expect,

It is not customary to love what one has

Don't follow leaders.

“Don’t conform, step out of the norm.” — Pool Dust #20

I will not live by rules like those.

Don't take security in the false refuge of consensus.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Do as we say, not as we do.

Don't let them tell you what to think, no matter how "different" your own views may be in relation to the official line. If you are not different in this world of stunning uniformity what on earth are you doing? Baaaaaaa.