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What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. but that need not worry the seeker. when there is honest effort, it will be realised that what appears to be different truths are like apparently different countless leaves of the same tree.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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What May Appear As Truth To One

Mahatma Gandhi
What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. but that need not worry the seeker. when there is honest effort, it will be realised that what appears to be different truths are like apparently different countless leaves of the same tree.
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