Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who

The poet of the inner life, Anaïs Nin, once declared with the voice of one who had walked through the depths of human passion and perception: “Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.” In this utterance, she gives us a warning wrapped in beauty—that truth is vast, infinite, and layered, and to shrink it into neat slogans or quick sayings is to betray its grandeur. Truth is not a coin passed from hand to hand; it is the ocean, the sky, the ever-unfolding mystery of being.

To say that truth cannot be told in a few words is to remind us that reality is too vast for brevity. The stars do not fit into a sentence, nor can the ache of a soul be captured in a phrase. Men crave simplicity, for it comforts their fears, but simplicity often comes at the price of distortion. When prophets or politicians reduce the universe to a single dogma, they rob it of its depth. The heart of Nin’s wisdom is this: reduction is betrayal, and only reverence for complexity can honor truth.

Consider the great thinkers of history. Isaac Newton, who described the laws of motion, did not pretend to tell the whole story of the cosmos. His discoveries illuminated, but they did not reduce the universe to simplicity. Later, Einstein arrived, showing that Newton’s truths were but part of a larger fabric, woven with relativity and the bending of time itself. Had Newton declared his vision the final word, the expansion of meaning would have been halted. But by embracing complexity, humanity allowed truth to continue its endless unfolding.

The same lesson arises in human life. When we speak of love, can it be told in a few words? Lovers across centuries have written poems, songs, letters—each attempting to capture it, none able to exhaust it. To say “love is just chemistry” or “love is just desire” is to reduce the universe of the heart into something narrow and lifeless. Nin understood this: that to simplify the mysteries of the soul is to diminish them, while to embrace their expansiveness is to live in wonder.

And yet, many in every age choose reduction. They cling to dogmas, to slogans, to easy explanations of suffering, of joy, of the universe itself. Such simplifications provide security but rob the soul of growth. The universe is not small; it is endless. To simplify it is to build a cage for the infinite, and in doing so, to shrink ourselves. Nin’s warning is thus not only poetic, but moral: beware of reducing life to what can be easily explained, for in doing so you exile yourself from wonder.

The lesson for us, children of tomorrow, is luminous: live not with impatience for easy answers, but with reverence for mystery. Truth will not fit into a single word, nor a single creed, nor a single formula. It demands humility, openness, and the courage to live without final closure. To expand with truth is to let meaning grow, like a tree whose branches never cease reaching for the sky.

Practical wisdom must follow. Resist the temptation of simplification when facing life’s questions. If someone offers you the entire truth in a few words, pause and look deeper. Embrace nuance, complexity, paradox. In conversation, in thought, in love—allow space for what cannot be contained. Write, reflect, and question, not to reduce but to expand. In this way, your soul will live in the rhythm of the universe itself, ever unfolding, ever deepening, ever vast.

Thus remember Nin’s wisdom: truth is not small, it is infinite; truth is not simple, it is layered; truth is not final, it is ever-expanding. Those who simplify betray it. But those who embrace its depth walk in harmony with the stars, the seas, and the eternal mystery of existence.