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

There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.

Experience teaches us that thought does not express itself in words, but rather realizes itself in them

... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls.

It is through others that we become ourselves.

Through others 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