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A suprising number of physicians manage to continue to care about persons even after the rigors of medical training.

Mary Catherine Bateson

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Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
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Fear Forget Goodness Philosophy Teacher Wisdom
Insight, I believe, refers to the depth of understanding that comes by setting experiences, yours and mine, familiar and exotic, new and old, side by side, learning by letting them speak to one another.
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Believe Learning Myself Talk Understand
The past empowers the present, and the sweeping footsteps leading to this present mark the pathways to the future.
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There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can’t think without metaphors.
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Bad Metaphor Toxic Yourself
Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.
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Blink Definition Goal
Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.
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Forget Human Natural Sacred Society
We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.
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Known Learning Willing
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.
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Goodness Life Place Remain Willing
In many ways, constancy is an illusion.
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Constant Illusion
Improvisation and new learning are not private processes; they are shared with others at every age. We are called to join in a dance whose steps must be learned along the way, so it is important to attend and respond. Even in uncertainty, we are responsible for our steps.
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Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity.
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Clarity Early Loss Moments
The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring.
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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
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Death End Meaning Story Time
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.
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Demand Give Share
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
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When parents die, all of the partings of the past are reevoked with the realization that this time they will not return.
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