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

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

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

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

A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.

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

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

Through others we become ourselves.

Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things.

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

It is through others that we become ourselves.

To see yourself and others in the darkness, be the light of courage and enlighten them.

If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.... you have a dream.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

I don't know how much you know about Zen, but you'll know less when I'm done with you.

A little superstition is a good thing to keep in one's bag of precautions.

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.

Christians are the unstable, unlettered, superstitious masses

I am a big believer in early intervention.