It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

Writing is a political instrument.

Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety.

Hatred destroys the person who hates.

The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.