Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.

To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.

The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed.

The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.

One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.

It's really not possible for someone to imagine himself/herself as a subject in the process of becoming without having at the same time a disposition for change. And change of which she/he is not merely the victim but the subject.

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