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> [Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/thought-is-not-merely-expressed-in-words-it-comes-into-existence/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

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## More by Lev S. Vygotsky

> [Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/any-human-act-that-gives-rise-to-something-new-is-referred-to-as-a/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/there-is-reason-to-believe-that-voluntary-activity-more-than-highly/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/the-distance-between-the-actual-developmental-level-as-determined-by/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/every-function-in-the-child-s-cultural-development-appears-twice/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/the-only-good-learning-is-that-which-is-in-advance-of-development/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/childhood-is-a-complex-dialectical-process-characterized-by/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [ The child begins to perceive the world not only through his \[or her\] eyes but also through his \[or her\] speech ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/the-child-begins-to-perceive-the-world-not-only-through-his-or-her/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [The true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social, but from the social to the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/the-true-direction-of-the-development-of-thinking-is-not-from-the/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/what-children-can-do-with-the-assistance-of-others-might-be-in-some/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [Language is the tool of the tools](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/language-is-the-tool-of-the-tools/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/the-teacher-must-adopt-the-role-of-facilitator-not-content-provider/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [The specifically human capacity for language enables children to provide for auxiliary tools in the solution of difficult tasks, to overcome impulsive action, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/the-specifically-human-capacity-for-language-enables-children-to/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [Writing should be meaningful for children, Y an intrinsic need should be aroused in them, and Y writing should be incorporated into a task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/writing-should-be-meaningful-for-children-y-an-intrinsic-need-should/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [Experience teaches us that thought does not express itself in words, but rather realizes itself in them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/experience-teaches-us-that-thought-does-not-express-itself-in-words/)

[Lev S. Vygotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-s-vygotsky/)

> [In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-s-vygotsky/in-play-the-child-is-always-behaving-beyond-his-age-above-his-usual/)

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