If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.

You have to be able to communicate in life and probably schools underemphasize that. If you can't talk to people or write, you're giving up your potential.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

It is not enough to prove something, one also has to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should learn how to speak his wisdom: and often in such a way that it sounds like folly!

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.