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

"Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning."

"The oppressed are not marginal; they are 'beings for others.'"

"The educator's role is to help people come to see the world as a problem to be solved."

"The pedagogy of the oppressed, animated by authentic, humanist (not humanitarian) generosity, presents itself as a pedagogy of man."