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

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.

It is through others that we become ourselves.

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

If you are anguished with your failures, you despise and accuse those very adversities and held them responsible for your debacle.

tread carefullyinto my life, my dear.the currents are strong.you will get lostin this warm oceanof my skin.

Live young. Live hard. Love deep.

Have courage to let go of the matter which doesn't matter!

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.

I hear poetry whenever I turn on the radio. Eminem is a better poet than just about everybody. He's better than Billy Collins; he's better than Richard Wilbur; he's better than me.

Peace is the first step to equip yourself to face problems. Once you find the peace and the inner strength, then you can face any problem. It won’t even appear as a problem then.

I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus.