"Dialogue is a horizontal relationship of which mutual trust is a natural consequence."

"The educator has the duty of not being neutral. Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others."

"The oppressed know that they are oppressed, but they do not know the causes of their oppression."

"Authentic liberation — which is the process of humanization — is not another deposit to be made in men. Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to …"

"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."