It is through others that we become ourselves.

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

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

Music is my enchanter, the seducer of my emotions, the fire and ice that moves me.

You're yourself, " Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you.

No animal admires another animal.

No right of preference exists in favor of person, property, or business. Personal claims and ambitions must yield in favor of whatever best serves the general welfare.

Prayer is not a hard requirement - it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest homage that human need can pay to divine liberality.

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.

It's probably one of the worst places I've been.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

I don't want to try to do music or satisfy anyone else's ears; it has to come from here first and what I love.