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

Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies.

The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'

Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood

To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to fail to think with the people, is a sure way to cease being revolutionary leaders.

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.

I hope at least that the following will endure: my trust in the people, and my faith in men and women, and in the creation of a world in which it will be easier to love