"No one is born fully-formed: it is through self-experience in the world that we become what we are."

"The act of studying is not simply to consume ideas, but to recreate them."

"It is only when the oppressed are able to recognize the causes of their oppression that they can begin to change their situation."

"The capacity to love is a condition of our humanity."

"The teacher is not a dispenser of knowledge but a facilitator of learning."