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

"The oppressor's consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination."

"To teach is not to transfer knowledge but to create the possibilities for the production or construction of knowledge."

"It is exactly in these conditions—in the conditions of oppression—that the oppressed can come to understand the oppressors and their oppression."

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