Q: How can you tell the right path from the wrong path?
A: Don't choose the one most often trod (common wisdom?), for that leads either to the Emerald City or to a loss of one's real self into the world of shadows.
Q: And where would the right path have lead us?
A: No one can know until he or she takes it, though it should always lead to somewhere worth going or to someone worth knowing, in the end.