The pursuit of truth will set you free even if you never catch up with it.

The line frames truth not as a destination one definitively reaches, but as a disciplined practice that reshapes the seeker. “Set you free” suggests liberation from dogma, self-deception, and inherited certainties; even an incomplete or asymptotic approach to truth can loosen the grip of prejudice and fear. The second clause—“even if you never catch up with it”—emphasizes human fallibility and the endlessness of inquiry: the value lies in honest striving, skepticism, and intellectual humility rather than in claiming final answers. In a Darrow-like spirit, it also implies that moral and civic freedom depend on open investigation and the courage to revise beliefs.