I am dealing with people and not with things. And, because I am dealing with people, I cannot refuse my wholehearted and loving attention, even in personal matters, where I see that a student is in need of such attention.

Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.

Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.

It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society.

Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue.

Education is an act of love, and thus an act of courage

It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices critically.