Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student.

But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors, or sub oppressors. The very structure of their thought has been conditioned by the contradiction of the concrete, existential situation by which they were shaped. Their ideal is to be men; but for them to be men is to be oppressors

To speak a true word is to transform the world.

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

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

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

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