In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.

Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents' professions as other children are of theirs.

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who are poor and oppressed. By His life He is calling us to give ourselves to others, to sacrifice for those who suffer, to share our lives with our brothers and sisters who are also oppressed. He is calling us to "hunger and thirst after justice" in the same way that we hunger and thirst after food and water: that is, by putting our yearning into practice.

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.

If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.