"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

"Without dialogue, there is no communication; and without communication, there can be no true education."

"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 unauthentic word, lacking a sense of responsibility for the world, cannot transform it."

"Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it."