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It is through others that we become ourselves.

Experience teaches us that thought does not express itself in words, but rather realizes itself in them

The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech

Play continually creates demands on the child to act against immediate impulse, i.e., to act according to the line of greatest resistance.

What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they can do alone

Internal and external action are inseparable: imagination, interpretation, and will are internal processes in external action.

Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them

Human learning presupposes a specific social nature and a process by which children grow into the intellectual life of those around them

A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow.

What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.

Through others we become ourselves.

The true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social, but from the social to the individual.

By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own.

The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development.

Language is the tool of the tools

The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.