"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 …"

"The oppressor is not able to understand that the oppressed, far from being purely 'emotional,' are, as the oppressed, involved in a concrete situation of oppression, and that their 'emotionality' is n…"

"The greatest tragedy of man is that he is born for freedom, but lives in chains."

"The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors."

"The teacher is not merely a transmitter of knowledge, but a co-creator of knowledge."