The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.
The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn?
The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted by the past or future.