DEUT881 It is written (Mishlei 8:32): "And now, children, listen to me, and happy are those who heed my ways." The Blessed Creator says to Israel: "I ask only that you listen to me. If you listen to me, I will fulfill what was foretold by the prophets (Yeshayahu 1:19): 'If you are willing, and listen, then you will eat the good of the land,' and (Mishlei 8:34): 'Happy is the man who listens to me.'" Therefore, one should direct his mind to do the will of the Blessed Creator and not deviate from his teachers and from those who are greater than he. And so it is written in the Torah (this verse; Devarim 17:9-12). From all this we can recognize the goodness and greatness of the trait of willingness, in which all the Torah is subsumed. Even if the Sages tell you that left is right and right, left, acquiesce and listen to them, and annul your mind and your will in order to do as they say. How much more so when they tell you that right is right and left, left.