Learning is a process where knowledge is presented to us, then shaped through understanding, discussion and reflection.

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

The multitude is always in the wrong.

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves.

Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history.

True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity.

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.