"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."

"The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but he who is himself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teach. They become jointly responsible for a proces…"

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

"The educator must be a kind of gardener, cultivating the seeds of critical consciousness."

"Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world."