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

Reflection and action must never be undertaken independently.

Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle.

Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life.

Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them.

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.

Reading the word and learning how to write the word so one can later read it are preceded by learning how to write the world, that is having the experience of changing the world and touching the world.