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Marcel Proust

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only pain we obey.

Knowledge

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When we are sick, we listen carefully to the doctor’s gentle care, but when it comes to learning or understanding, we often only pay attention when it causes us discomfort or difficulty. In other words, kindness makes us trust and follow advice, while knowledge tends to demand our attention through challenge or suffering.

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