In the mountains of truth you will never climb in vain: either you will get up higher today or you will exercise your strength so as to be able to get up higher tomorrow.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Climbing the mountain of truth always yields progress: either you rise now or you build strength for a higher climb later.
- In plain terms
- Truth‑seeking always moves you forward.
- What can you take from it?
- Persist in seeking truth, even if progress is gradual.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does ‘higher today’ mean for you?
- How do you measure growth in truth?
Another view
Sometimes effort does not translate into immediate insight.
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