Paulo Freire

"Love is an act of courage."

"In order for man to succeed in life, God gave him a body and a mind to use."

"Whoever teaches must not stop being a student."

"The word is not merely an instrument which permits man to communicate with his fellows. Its primary function is symbolic."

"Commitment to human causes, which I feel in my very being, is the root of my need to express myself."

"History is made by people, as are we."

"Functionally, the oppressor consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination."

"Praxis is reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it."

"The dehumanization which marks not only those whose humanity has been stolen, but also those who have stolen it, is a terrible thing."

"I am convinced that life in the world will be radically transformed before the role of the church be resolved."

"One of the gravest obstacles to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge in that reality the consciousness of oppression."

"Authentic liberation means humanization; dehumanization is the only alternative."

"The creation of Macondo represents the creation of a world."

"Dialogue cannot exist without humility."

"To live is to engage with the world, to change it, while being changed by it."

"Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction."

"Patience is not passivity; it is not resignation."

"The word is the instrument by which man becomes man."

"Those who come to an understanding of injustice cannot ignore it."

"Art is not the truth; it is a lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"One cannot be human in isolation."

"We are constantly being informed that success is available if we just work hard enough."

"To exist, humanly, is to name the world, to change it."

"Banking education treats students as empty vessels to be filled with knowledge."

"The more education serves the purposes of adaptation, the less it serves the purposes of liberation."

"Oppressed people dealing with their oppression become convinced, sometimes, that they are oppressors."

"For the oppressor, humanization does not mean confirming others, but confirming themselves."

"Adults are no different from children. Learning is always about becoming."

"The revolutionary's role is to liberate the present from the past."

"Curiosity about the world is at the heart of what makes us human."