If I want to do anything, I want to speak a more universal language.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The goal of any action is to communicate using language that everyone understands.
- In plain terms
- I want to speak so everyone can understand me.
- What can you take from it?
- Universal communication is a high goal for action.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is a universal language?
- How do you make things understood?
Another view
Universal language can be difficult to achieve across cultures.
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