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

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.

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.

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

Haters may hate, but we can't stop loving.

God cannot resist love for He cannot resist Himself.

Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don't even care if these people exist

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.

In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry.

There is no purity with regards to the marketplace and art, I believe.

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.

Politics has always been in my music. Anybody who doesn't understand how political "Copperhead Road" is isn't listening very well.

I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated.