The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is him/herself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught ….

Within the word we find two dimensions-reflection and action. If one is sacrificed even in part, the other immediately suffers. To speak a true word ….

The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors..

It is not possible to remake this country, to democratize it, humanize it, make it serious, as long as we have teenagers killing people for play and ….

Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them..

We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction between the….

... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference from which re….

Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood.

Only through communication can human life hold meaning..

When we live our lives with the authenticity demanded by the practice of teaching that is also learning and learning that is also teaching, we are pa….

Educators need to know what happens in the world of the children with whom they work. They need to know the universe of their dreams, the language wi….

What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?.

It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes educat….

It is not suprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings..

The educator has the duty of not being neutral..

In order for the oppressed to unite they must first cut the umbilical cord of magic and myth which binds them to the world of oppression; the unity w….

The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some satisfaction they must adapt to ….

As one might expect, authoritarianism will at times cause children and students to adopt rebellious positions, defiant of any limit, discipline, or a….

But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors,….

Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside of man; nor is i….

Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them..