The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.

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 also teach. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow.

I am an educator who thinks globally.

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

The behavior and reactions of the oppressed, which lead the oppressor to practice cultural invasion, should evoke from the revolutionary a different theory of action. What distinguishes revolutionary leaders from the dominant elite is not only their objectives, but their procedures.

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