“We appear to be saying something very important aboutsomething: and actually we are only saying something about our own...”

“Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.”

“Speech is civilization itself.”

“The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a ne...”

“Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered.”

“He seemed not to know the uses of silence.”

“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”

“Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.”

“Once you can communicate with yourself, you'll be able to communicate outwardly with more clarity. The way in is the way...”

“Concerning that which cannot be talked about, we should not say anything.”

“What a huge inaccessible lumber-room of thought and experience we amounted to, I thought; how much we are, how little we...”

“To be understood is to prostitute oneself”