"The transformation of the world is a historical task, not a metaphysical one."

"Dehumanization, which marks not only those whose humanity has been stolen, but also (though in a different way) those who have stolen it, is a distortion of the vocation of becoming more fully human."

"It is not enough to read the word, but to read the world."

"Attempting to liberate the oppressed without their reflective participation in the act of liberation is to treat them as objects which must be saved from a burning building - it is to make them the pa…"

"The educator's role is to propose problems to the students, to make them question their own assumptions about the world."