“Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Gandhi's Autobiography), 1927 (closing reflections; 'the deeper the search in the mine of truth...').
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Truth here behaves like something cultivated rather than possessed — the more attention and honest effort you feed it, the more it gives back. Digging deeper into a question doesn't exhaust it; it opens richer layers, so patient inquiry is repaid with understanding you couldn't have grabbed at the surface.
When to use it
- A scientist who keeps probing a stubborn result uncovers a discovery a quick answer would have missed.
- A reader who returns to a hard book each year finds meanings invisible on the first pass.
- Someone who journals honestly for months sees their own patterns far more clearly than a single vent ever showed.