A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

It would be naïve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or not it forms part of the system of grammatical categories, can be conveyed in any language. If a notion is lacking in a given series, it implies a different configuration and not a lack of expressive power.

Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.

The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.

A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.