Through others we become ourselves.

Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a physical object or some mental or emotional construct that lives within the person who created it and is known only to him.

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

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

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

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

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