We try to encapsulate our life experiences in symbolic containers that are hopelessly inadequate for the task. We should not try to contain, but to express. We don't want others to hear our symbols, but our meaning - which is our experience.
However, success in communication depends not only on the speaker, but also on the hearer. The wise do not listen for words, and require few, as they perceive the meaning of words directly. They do not mistake the roadsign for the place itself. Words are only labels for things, sticky labels perhaps: they are not the thing itself.